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How to avoid reverse DNS errors

I am running a mail server (Exim) on a VPS (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS). I am able to send and receive emails without problem, but I do get the following errors from mxtoolbox.com: Reverse DNS does not contain ...
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Do I need a PTR (rDNS [Reverse DNS]) record if using an SMTP mail relay (Mailgun, Mailjet, Send Grid, etc.)?

My cloud hosting provider wants to charge for setting up a PTR record, which I'm not up for. As I use Mailjet as an SMTP relay server, do I even need to have it setup? Or will all my emails reverse to ...
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Multiple mail servers and reverse DNS

If I have three mail servers MS1, MS2 and MS3 all with different IPs but share the same domain name (exampledomain.com) and I use an SPF record to specify them, how would reverse DNS work on the ...
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What hostname and rDNS should I choose?

What should I set as hostname and rDNS? 1 server 3 domains (domain1.com, domain2.net, domain3.de) 1 mail server for each domain My current settings: /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 11.22.33.44 ...
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Is it ok that reverse DNS for my mail server resolves to www2.domain.com and not domain.com?

I am trying to make sure my mail server is set up correctly. One of the steps is to ensure that reverse DNS works. We email from [email protected]. When I test rDNS using nslookup i get: $ nslookup yast....
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