This is because the DNS reverse mapping maps your IP (128.61.40.17)
to r40h17.res.gatech.edu rather than greyghost.gt.ed.net. Note the
following:
chilin$ dig 17.40.61.128.in-addr.arpa any
; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> 17.40.61.128.in-addr.arpa any
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 1, Auth: 2, Addit: 3
;; QUESTIONS:
;; 17.40.61.128.in-addr.arpa, type = ANY, class = IN
;; ANSWERS:
17.40.61.128.in-addr.arpa. 172800 PTR r40h17.res.gatech.edu.
;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
61.128.in-addr.arpa. 172800 NS troll-gw.gatech.edu.
61.128.in-addr.arpa. 172800 NS gatech.edu.
;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS:
troll-gw.gatech.edu. 604800 A 130.207.166.251
troll-gw.gatech.edu. 604800 A 130.207.244.251
gatech.edu. 604800 A 130.207.244.244
;; Total query time: 5263 msec
;; FROM: chilin to SERVER: default -- 127.0.0.1
;; WHEN: Thu Jan 8 17:49:33 1998
;; MSG SIZE sent: 43 rcvd: 182
Thus we know that troll-gw.gatech.edu and gatech.edu are the
nameservers which supply authoritative reverse-mapping for
your IP address. If you want them to change that information,
you'll have to talk to the people who maintain those servers.
Here's what we get from 'whois':
chilin$ whois !GATECH-DOM
Georgia Institute of Technology (GATECH-DOM)
258 4TH St
Atlanta, Georgia 30332
Domain Name: GATECH.EDU
Administrative Contact:
Herbert Baines III (HBI-ORG) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
404.894.0226
Fax- 404.894.9548
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Ron Hutchins (RH2-ORG) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
404.894.6730
Fax- 404.894.9548
Billing Contact:
Herbert Baines III (HBI-ORG) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
404.894.0226
Fax- 404.894.9548
Record last updated on 08-Feb-97.
Record created on 08-May-86.
Database last updated on 8-Jan-98 10:36:54 EDT.
So it looks like you'll need to contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
if you want to get your reverse-mapping changed.
Robert Joseph Eckard wrote:
> I received this message when I tried to e-mail my computer from acme:
>
> ----- The following addresses had transient non-fatal errors -----
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deferred: Connection refused by
> r40h17.res.gatech.edu.
>
> When I installed Linux, I made sure my hostname was greyghost and my
> domain name was gt.ed.net. Nowhere did I program my box to be
> r40h17.res.gatech.edu.
--
Jens B. Jorgensen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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