Search Again: Re: How badly have I screwed up? From: Len Conrad Date: Friday, January 4, 2002 Time: 3:27:21 pm >On 1/4/02 3:09 AM, Men & Mice Support wrote: > > >lists.officemedic.net. MX 10 lists.officemedic.net. > >lists.officemedic.net. A <IP address of list server> > >This now gives me *two* MX records for this zone what? internet only sees one: ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> lists.officemedic.net mx ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 3 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; lists.officemedic.net, type = MX, class = IN ;; ANSWER SECTION: lists.officemedic.net. 1H IN MX 10 lists.officemedic.net. ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: officemedic.net. 1H IN NS ns2.officemedic.net. officemedic.net. 1H IN NS ns1.officemedic.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: lists.officemedic.net. 1H IN A 12.39.138.244 ns2.officemedic.net. 1H IN A 12.39.138.144 ns1.officemedic.net. 1H IN A 12.39.138.244 > and a DNS query shows >lists.officemedic.net as the primary mail server for this zone. That's >not correct...or is it? hey, it's YOUR zone, make the MX hostname whatever you want. :)) but there's no MX for officemedic.net: Opt-In4Email# dig officemedic.net mx ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> officemedic.net mx ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUERY SECTION: ;; officemedic.net, type = MX, class = IN look, it's REALLY simple: make a hostname: mx.officemedic.net A ip.ad.re.ss then make the MX records: officemedic.net. mx 10 mx.officemedic.net. mx.officemedic.net. mx 10 mx.officemedic.net. if your server is on same ip, then also: lists.officemedic.net. mx 10 mx.officemedic.net. concept: MX only tells internet to which ip to send mail for a given domain. Len ___________________________________________________________________ Men & Mice: QuickDNS - DNS Expert - DNS Training - DNS Consulting DNS Classes: Maidenhead, 01/21-23/02, Frankfurt 02/13-14/02 http://www.menandmice.com/8000/8100_course_schedule.html

Messages In This Thread: How badly have I screwed up? by Don Morris on Jan 1, 2002 at 2:44:34 am Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Len Conrad on Jan 1, 2002 at 5:13:21 am Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Don Morris on Jan 3, 2002 at 10:40:49 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Men & Mice Support on Jan 4, 2002 at 2:49:13 am Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Men & Mice Support on Jan 4, 2002 at 3:10:08 am Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Don Morris on Jan 4, 2002 at 9:07:55 am Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Don Morris on Jan 4, 2002 at 3:10:28 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Len Conrad on Jan 4, 2002 at 3:27:21 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Don Morris on Jan 4, 2002 at 4:40:29 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Len Conrad on Jan 4, 2002 at 4:53:37 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Don Morris on Jan 4, 2002 at 6:07:41 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Len Conrad on Jan 4, 2002 at 6:32:54 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Men & Mice Support on Jan 4, 2002 at 7:24:33 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Men & Mice Support on Jan 4, 2002 at 7:27:58 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Men & Mice Support on Jan 4, 2002 at 7:29:49 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Don Morris on Jan 4, 2002 at 9:33:03 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Don Morris on Jan 4, 2002 at 9:36:40 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Len Conrad on Jan 4, 2002 at 9:44:07 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Don Morris on Jan 4, 2002 at 10:29:51 pm Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Len Conrad on Jan 5, 2002 at 4:17:19 am Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Men & Mice Support on Jan 5, 2002 at 6:32:21 am Re: How badly have I screwed up? by Don Morris on Jan 5, 2002 at 11:08:01 pm