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Clarify README around Reverse DNS

Added note to #4 to clarify Reverse DNS entry will need to go from your IP address to your mail subdomain and not to `<yourdomain.com>`.
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@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ give your full domain without any subdomain, i.e. `lukesmith.xyz`.
`<yourdomain.com>` (not mail subdomain). If you would like IPv6, you can do
the same for that. This has been tested on Vultr, and all decent VPS hosts
will have a section on their instance settings page to add a reverse DNS PTR
entry.
entry. NOTE: If you host both your email and website on the same server
(e.g. Postfix and NGINX), your Reverse DNS entry will need to go from your IP
address to your mail subdomain (i.e. mail.lukesmith.xyz) and not to `<yourdomain.com>`
(i.e. lukesmith.xyz).
You can use the 'Test Email Server' or ':smtp' tool on
[mxtoolbox](https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx) to test if you set up
a reverse DNS correctly. This step is not required for everyone, but some


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