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title: "What is PTR (Program Troube Record) record?"  
description: "What is PTR (Program Troube Record) record?"  
author: "Deepak Aiyappa"  
published: 2018-10-08  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50295/what-is-ptr-program-troube-record-record  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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#  What is PTR (Program Troube Record) record?

What is [PTR](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95371/which-animal-was-recently-spotted-for-the-first-time-in-madhya-pradesh-s-panna-tiger-reserve-ptr) ([Program](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12337/scaling-up-your-mentorship-program) Troube Record) record?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

For **Reverse DNS (Domain Name System)** lookups, PTR records (or Pointer records) are utilized. You may retrieve the corresponding domain/hostname from the IP address. Every PTR record should have an A record. A decent approach for a mail server is to use a reverse **DNS configuration.** \
While the hostname is referred to as an IP address in the domain DNS zone, the reverse zone allows an **IP address** to be pointed to a hostname. \
A PTR record is required in the **Reverse DNS zone**. The PTR record is used to convert an IP address into a domain or hostname.


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