Domain Question?

Re: Domain Question?

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>From: Men & Mice Support <cbuxton@menandmice.com>
>To: "QuickDNS Talk" <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com>
>Subject: Re: Domain Question?
>Date: Tue, Jan 11, 2000, 3:34 PM
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> At 9:26 AM -0800 1/11/2000, Chad Woods wrote:
>>I need to learn more about DNS. I am slowly getting it. Is there
>>any way someone could send me a sample DNS file that works under the
>>following conditions:
>>
>>I am running WebStar 4, EIMS 2.2 and other QuickDNS Pro.
>>
>>I want to have DNS record that works as follows:
>>
>>Runs DNS on my primary and secondary dns servers:
>>afg-flies.com mach1.teck.net 209.73.79.130
>>afg-flies.com mach2.teck.net 209.73.79.131
>>
>>Run Web on my primary web server:
>>www.afg-flies.com 209.73.79.150
>>
>>Also route emails (using my email server as a POP server for their domain):
>>
>>afg.flies.com mail.teck.net
>>afg.flies.com mail2.teck.net
>
> I took a look at what you have. Mostly, it looks good. The Domain
> Information dialog has good entries. However, you only have the
> following entries:
> afg-flies.com. NS mach1.teck.net.
> afg-flies.com. MX 10 mail.teck.net.
> afg-flies.com. MX 20 mail2.teck.net.
> www.afg-flies.com. A 209.73.79.132
>
> Add the following:
> afg-flies.com. NS mach2.teck.net.
> afg-flies.com. A 209.73.79.132
>
> The former indicates that you have a second DNS server. The latter
> permits a potential visitor to reach your server by typing
> "http://afg-flies.com" instead of having to include the "www.".
>
> One other problem: mach2.teck.net does not have data for the zone.
> You should configure its Secondary Data window for this domain. It
> needs to know the name of the domain, a unique filename where it can
> store the domain data (the name of the domain is a good choice), and
> the IP address of the primary server.

I have made the changes that you have recommended! Thanks for your help. I
hope this solves my problem.
>
>>For some reason. The client is able to retrieve about 99% of his
>>email. One client's email doesn't go through. The customer receives
>>the following error,
>
> Not sure why this is happening. The main MX record is correct, the
> name it points to resolves properly to an address, and that address'
> PTR record resolves back to the same name.
>
> The error message indicates "sender domain must resolve" - this is a
> new one on me. Perhaps the A record for afg-flies.com will solve it.
> If that doesn't do it, try contacting someone at the domain in
> question (mediaphex.com) to ask how to avoid this problem. Their
> domain registration record indicates "domain@mediaphex.com" as their
> sole contact; their actual zone file indicates "bdavis@mediaphex.com"
> as the address of their hostmaster; you might also try
> "postmaster@mediaphex.com".
>
>>"{\rtf1\ansi\deff0\deftab720{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss MS Sans
>>Serif;}{\f1\froman\fcharset2 Symbol;}{\f2\fswiss\fprq2 Arial;}}
>>{\colortbl\red0\green0\blue0;\red0\green0\blue255;}
>>\deflang1033\pard\plain\f2\fs20 More Problems?????
>>\par
>>\par
>>\par \
>>---------- Forwarded Message ----------\
>>\
>>FROM: \tab \plain\f2\fs20\cf1 Postmaster@mail.teck.net\plain\f2\fs20 \
>>TO: \tab \plain\f2\fs20\cf1 jdunn@afg-flies.com\plain\f2\fs20 \
>>DATE: \tab Thu, 6 Jan 2000 14:34:53 -0800\
>>\
>>RE: \tab Undeliverable Mail\
>>\
>>After 3 days the following message could not be delivered to
>>\plain\f2\fs20\cf1 kim@mediaphex.com\plain\f2\fs20
>>\par at host mediaphex.com (209.210.60.2). The last attempt to send
>>this message
>>\par failed because the sender was temporarially rejected.
>>\par 451 <\plain\f2\fs20\cf1 jdunn@afg-flies.com\plain\f2\fs20 >...
>>Sender domain must resolve
>>\par
>>\par
>>\par ----Unsent message follows----
>>\par
>>\par
>>\par
>>\par -- NextPart --
>>\par Encapsulated message follows:
>>\par }".
>>
>>
>>Thanks for your help,
>>Chad Woods
>
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