Re: [PLUG] DNS issues preventing my mail server from working

[epike <epike@isinet.com>]

hi

yur probably just missing some

exchange IN A 
ns       IN A 

records here.  putting A for the domain name
probably just makes your mail go to domain.com 
but not to exchange.domain.com.  My feeling is
it cant find the host "exchange" and just
defaults to sending it to the domain name,
if thats also a host. (nothing wrong with
that though, if the domain name address also
happens to receive mail).

re: secondary, secondary name servers are also
authoritative for the domain so if a host.domain.com 
is not on the secondary then the query should have
failed (no need to consult the primary dns).

e pike

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 15:26:18 -0400
Mike Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com> wrote:

> > [followed by MX and NS records]
> 
> I will try. ... YES! That works. Now, here's another wrinkle .. at the
> moment, primary local DNS is Win2K (don't ask). I will just make this
> machine secondary (I just edit that into named.conf, and change "primary" to
> "secondary", rihgt?), and then have the mail server /etc/resolv.conf point
> to itself first, and then the Win2K DNS (I'm not sure if that trick will
> work on a Win2K box).
> 
> Thanks, Gabe
> 
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