>Thanks for the thoughts. Problem is that the mail server is
>wwwserver.apratech.org. When I try to add a DNS entry at
>wwwserver.apratech.org it complains about the alias (NT).
who what complains, saying what?
>Does the MX record need to be at unibex.com DNS site, or can this be
>accomplished here locally?
The MX record is forcibly in the zone file of the domain.com on the DNS
that is authoritative for domain.com.
Len
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>Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 6:42 AM
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>Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] DNS entry
>
>
>rule: MX records must point FQHN, fully qualified hostname, not CNAMEs.
>
>So what you've done here:
>
>; <<>> DiG 8.2 <<>> buyreman.com mx
>;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
>;; got answer:
>;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 4
>;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
>;; QUERY SECTION:
>;; buyreman.com, type = MX, class = IN
>
>;; ANSWER SECTION:
>buyreman.com. 41m39s IN CNAME web-bal2.unibex.com.
>
>;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>unibex.com. 1H IN SOA ns1.trident.net. tech.trident.net. (
> 102 ; serial
> 1H ; refresh
> 10M ; retry
> 1D ; expiry
> 1H ) ; minimum
>
>is not correct. There is no explicit MX record for buyreman.com, just a
>CNAME.
>
>just put
>
>buyreman.com. IN MX web-bal2.unibex.com.
>
>assuming web-bal2.unibex.com. is a mail server.
>
>Len
>
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>
> >Sorry, I jumped the gun, it appears to work as is, but I am not sure why. I
> >guess I expected the cname record to forward the mail request as well.
>
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