RE: OT: DNS Experts out there?

["Nick Shore" <nick.shore@xxxxxxx>]

MX records should only point to A records, otherwise some mail servers
won't
follow them.

Hope that helps

Nick.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: andy.powell@xxxxxxx [mailto:andy.powell@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 14:57
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: DNS Experts out there?
>
>
> Des,
>
> I was just concerned that
>
> 1. It was generally ok (excluding the fact that I'd left out the SOA
> detail)
> 2 . the fact that the
>
>                 mail.automated.it.     IN     MX     1 
mail.automated.it.
>
> pointed to a CNAME not an IP. I assumed (danger Will Robinson, danger)
> that it would resolve back to the automated.it A record but wasn't
sure
> and wanted clarification..
>
>
> At the moment I'm just trying to get it all right in my head
> before taking
> the plunge. I've decided that I'd rather just use a caching DNS server
> locally and use either a pay or free DNS service to be the SOA. Some
(the
> ones I'm interested in) services will allow you to define your
> own records
> from a browser/email.
>
> What I'm really after is somewhere that offers this flexibility but
that
> has a low TTL is a change has been made.. after which the TTL could go
up
> (if you get my drift).
>
>
> Thanks for the example, but because your ftp and www point to IP
> addresses
> rather than CNAMEs it's caused me to be doubly unsure on number 2.
above.
>
> A.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>
> 04/04/2001 15:48
> Please respond to ukha_d
>
>
>         To:     <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>         cc:
>         Subject:        RE: [ukha_d] OT: DNS Experts out there?
>
>
> $TTL 2h
> @               IN      SOA     ns2.niwebhosting.com.
> hostmaster.niwebhosting.com. (
>                         2001020101 ; serial
>                         3600 ; refresh
>                         900 ; retry
>                         1209600 ; expire
>                         43200 ; default_ttl
>                         )
> mail            IN      A       192.168.0.1
> @               IN      MX      5       mail
> @               IN      NS      ns2.niwebhosting.com.
> @               IN      NS      ns.niwebhosting.com.
> @               IN      A       192.168.0.2
> ftp                                              IN              A
> 192.168.0.2
> www                                              IN              A
> 192.168.0.2
>
>
> thats one of my dns files if its any use, ips have been changed, but
note
> that mail. is a seperate machine.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> btw, what exactly is the prob?
>
> DesG
>
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