When I attempt to add an MX record, NT says "DNS name is already in use as
an alias (cname)". Based on your dig, it appears that unibex.com is the
authority for the domain.
Mark
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Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 9:08 AM
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Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] DNS entry
>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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