Point your FREAKHOSTING VPS’s IP address back to your domain name with reverse DNS, needed for reliable email sending.
Reverse DNS (a PTR record) links your server’s IP address back to a name, such as mail.yourdomain.com. Email providers check it, so set it up if your server sends email.
At the company that manages your domain’s DNS, create an A record that points your chosen name to your server’s IP address. For example, point mail.yourdomain.com to your server’s IP.
All entries must have a matching forward record already set at your domain’s DNS provider. Reverse DNS can’t be saved until this A record exists and is working.
Go to Servers and click Manage next to the server.
2
Open the Network tab
Click Network. Find your IP address under IPv4 Addresses.
3
Click Reverse DNS
Click Reverse DNS next to the IP address.
4
Enter the name
Type the full name, for example mail.yourdomain.com.
The Reverse DNS window (IP address blurred)
5
Save
Click Update.
Changes can take a few hours to appear everywhere.
If you change the forward (A) record after reverse DNS is set, our system may remove the reverse DNS for that address. If you change or delete the A record, set reverse DNS again.
If you see A forward record seems to be missing for the specified domain/hostname under the name field, the panel couldn’t find an A record (or AAAA record for IPv6) pointing that name to this server’s IP.
The missing forward record error
Check that the A record exists, uses exactly the same name, and points to this server’s IP. New DNS records can take a while to work, so wait 15–30 minutes and click Update again.
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