SMTP Reverse DNS Mismatch

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My dedicated server ns382087.ovh.net resolves to 46.105.98.72 and hosts multiple domain with several dedicated IP addresses. Each new IP address is added to /etc/network/interfaces

Among them, the dedicated server hosts my domain grand-manitou.com which resolves to 46.105.48.41

MXToolbox.com states that there is an issue when performing SMTP Test:
Warning – Reverse DNS does not match SMTP Banner

My question is: how can I solve this problem?

Edit: Is there a workaround to configure my domain grand-manitou.com so that it designates ns382087.ovh.net as smtp/mail server ?

Best Answer

When your mail server identifies itself at SMTP time, it says its name is:

220 ns382087.ovh.net ESMTP

However, the SMTP server (obtained from grand-manitou.com's MX record) is actually mail.grand-manitou.com at 46.105.48.41.

The solution is to configure your mail server to identify itself correctly as mail.grand-manitou.com.

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