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Reverse DNS

Reverse DNS (formerly IP Whitelabel) allows mailbox providers to verify the sender of an email by performing a reverse DNS lookup upon receipt of the emails you send.

Reverse DNS is available for dedicated IP addresses only.

When setting up reverse DNS, Twilio SendGrid will provide an A Record (address record) for you to add to your DNS records. The A Record maps your sending domain to a dedicated Twilio SendGrid IP address.

A Reverse DNS consists of a subdomain and domain that will be used to generate a reverse DNS record for a given IP address. Once Twilio SendGrid has verified that the appropriate A record for the IP address has been created, the appropriate reverse DNS record for the IP address is generated.

You can also manage your reverse DNS settings in the Sender Authentication setion of the Twilio SendGrid App.

For more about Reverse DNS, see "How to set up reverse DNS" in the Twilio SendGrid documentation.

Retrieve a reverse DNS record

GET /v3/whitelabel/ips/{id}

Base url: https://api.sendgrid.com

This endpoint allows you to retrieve a reverse DNS record.

You can retrieve the IDs associated with all your reverse DNS records using the "Retrieve all reverse DNS records" endpoint.

Authentication

  • API Key

Headers

Authorization
string
default: Bearer <<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>>
required
on-behalf-of
string

The on-behalf-of header allows you to make API calls from a parent account on behalf of the parent's Subusers or customer accounts. You will use the parent account's API key when using this header. When making a call on behalf of a customer account, the property value should be "account-id" followed by the customer account's ID (e.g., on-behalf-of: account-id <account-id>). When making a call on behalf of a Subuser, the property value should be the Subuser's username (e.g., on-behalf-of: <subuser-username>). See On Behalf Of for more information.

default: None

Path Parameters

id
string

The ID of the reverse DNS record that you would like to retrieve.

default: None
required

Responses

object
id
integer

The ID of the Reverse DNS.

required
ip
string

The IP address that this Reverse DNS was created for.

required
rdns
string

The reverse DNS record for the IP address. This points to the Reverse DNS subdomain.

required
users
array[object]

The users who are able to send mail from the IP address.

required
username
string

The username of a user who can send mail from the IP address.

required
user_id
integer

The ID of a user who can send mail from the IP address.

required
subdomain
string

The subdomain created for this reverse DNS. This is where the rDNS record points.

domain
string

The root, or sending, domain.

required
valid
boolean

Indicates if this is a valid Reverse DNS.

required
legacy
boolean

Indicates if this Reverse DNS was created using the legacy whitelabel tool. If it is a legacy whitelabel, it will still function, but you'll need to create a new Reverse DNS if you need to update it.

required
last_validation_attempt_at
integer

A Unix epoch timestamp representing the last time of a validation attempt.

a_record
object
required
valid
boolean

Indicates if the a_record is valid.

required
type
string

The type of DNS record.

required
host
string

This is the web address that will be mapped to the IP address.

required
data
string

The IP address being set up with Reverse DNS.

required
{
  "id": 1,
  "ip": "192.168.1.1",
  "rdns": "o1.email.example.com",
  "users": [
    {
      "username": "john@example.com",
      "user_id": 7
    },
    {
      "username": "jane@example.com",
      "user_id": 8
    }
  ],
  "subdomain": "email",
  "domain": "example.com",
  "valid": true,
  "legacy": false,
  "a_record": {
    "valid": true,
    "type": "a",
    "host": "o1.email.example.com",
    "data": "192.168.1.1"
  }
}
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