package dnscheck import ( "context" "fmt" "time" "github.com/mixeme/selfpost/internal/health" ) // checkServer resolves the panel's own hostname and confirms the reverse // lookup of each address points back at that name (FCrDNS). A missing or // mismatched PTR is the single most common reason mail from a self-hosted // server is rejected or scored as spam, which is why it is an error and not // advice. func (c *Checker) checkServer(ctx context.Context, hostname string) Server { srv := Server{Hostname: hostname, CheckedAt: time.Now()} if hostname == "" { srv.PTR = Result{ Status: health.StatusUnknown, Detail: "SELFPOST_HOSTNAME is not set, so the server's own name in DNS cannot be checked. Set it in the deployment environment.", } return srv } addrs, err := c.resolver.LookupIPAddr(ctx, hostname) if err != nil || len(addrs) == 0 { srv.PTR = Result{ Status: health.StatusError, Detail: fmt.Sprintf("%s does not resolve to any address. Publish an A (or AAAA) record for it — receiving servers check the name this server announces in HELO.", hostname), } return srv } want := normalizeName(hostname) matched, total := 0, len(addrs) var records []string for _, a := range addrs { ip := a.IP.String() srv.IPs = append(srv.IPs, ip) names, err := c.resolver.LookupAddr(ctx, ip) if err != nil || len(names) == 0 { records = append(records, ip+" → no PTR record") continue } hit := false for _, n := range names { if normalizeName(n) == want { hit = true } } if hit { matched++ records = append(records, ip+" → "+normalizeName(names[0])) } else { records = append(records, ip+" → "+normalizeName(names[0])+" (does not match)") } } srv.PTR.Records = records switch { case matched == total: srv.PTR.Status = health.StatusOK srv.PTR.Detail = fmt.Sprintf("%s resolves to %s and the reverse lookup points back at it.", hostname, joinIPs(srv.IPs)) case matched > 0: srv.PTR.Status = health.StatusWarn srv.PTR.Detail = fmt.Sprintf("Only %d of %d addresses of %s have a matching PTR record. Mail sent from the others may be rejected — set the reverse DNS of every address at your hosting provider.", matched, total, hostname) default: srv.PTR.Status = health.StatusError srv.PTR.Detail = fmt.Sprintf("No address of %s has a reverse (PTR) record pointing back at it. Many receiving servers reject or spam-score mail from such a host — set the reverse DNS of the server's IP to %s at your hosting provider.", hostname, hostname) } return srv } func joinIPs(ips []string) string { switch len(ips) { case 0: return "no address" case 1: return ips[0] default: out := ips[0] for _, ip := range ips[1:] { out += ", " + ip } return out } }