SBS2003 R2 SMTP Reverse DNS Lookup

>>Does the ICW setup the proper Reverse DNS lookup when sending SMTP mail?

Not really this usually this is handled by your ISP

You can check your MX records use mxtoolbox http://www.mxtoolbox.com/

The reverse DNS they are referring to is a PTR record for your external IP address. This will have to be setup by your ISP. You can check the mail server PTR record using the site below.

http://www.mxtoolbox.com/diagnostic.aspx

isnt that exactly what I already said?

sorry was typing mine as you posted. Great minds think alike.

As PeterLong and epohl have said above Reverse DNS requires what is called a PTR record or pointer record.

This is usually handled by your ISP as they are responsible for assigning your external IP address to you. You should request your ISP create a PTR record by providing them with your mail servers FQDN (likely mail.yourdomain.com) and it's external IP address.

The PTR record is often the same as the MX record for your mail server, but not always, as the PTR record is used for mail coming from your domain whereas the MX record is used for mail going to your domain which can be different servers. However, in your case, as you are using SBS you will only have the one Exchange server so your PTR record should be made up of the same details as your MX record.

So what is the experience with asking ATT to accomplish this?

At the web sites we generally have an MX record point to an A record which has the IP of the server.  So we should advise the ISP, ATT in this case to create a PTR record to the server IP?

If these are business accounts ATT will do this. Yes request they create a DNS PTR record for that IP to the FQDN of the server.

In the essence of trying not to get the corporate run around from ATT has anyone had the experience in doing this with them.  Not sure if this is Tech Support Call (low end techs) or a business office request.

Thanks
Bruce