>I have been reading http://bind8nt.meiway.com/itsaDNSmess.cfm but am not
>sure what i should replace the @ signs with.
leave them, they're jokers that represent the default domain name
>I would think the domain but
>my DNS server W2K' s DNS server does not allow me to use " . " in any of
>these fields.
ah, basic pb: BIND is BIND, and MS DNS is MS DNS. I don't think you
can, or need to, enter @ into the MS GUI, and I bet the zone file
that MS writes out doesn't use them either, but the MS zone file is
RFC compatible.
>$ORIGIN mydomain.com.
>@ A ip.ad.re.ss
>@ MX 10 mailhost.domain.com.
the above example is of course generic, don't enter that into your MS
DNS. :))))
>Sorry but i do not know the DNS stuff every well and do not have much time
>to read a book ( but i will be ) what i have now for my Primary domain is:
>Name Type Data
>(same as parent folder) Start of Authority [42],
>ns1.activeinfosystems.com.,
>administrator.activeinfosystems.com.
>(same as parent folder) Name Server ns1.activeinfosystems.com.
>(same as parent folder) Mail Exchanger [10] mail.planetinterlink.com.
>ftp Host 207.228.126.173
>mail Host 207.228.126.171
>web Host 207.228.126.173
>www Host 207.228.126.173
All that looks ok. Here is your zone file as Internet sees it now
(Internet shouldn't be able to see it, you need to limit zone transfers):
dig @NS1.activeinfosystems.com activeinfosystems.com axfr
; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @NS1.activeinfosystems.com activeinfosystems.com axfr
; (1 server found)
$ORIGIN activeinfosystems.com.
@ 1H IN SOA ns1 administrator (
45 ; serial
15M ; refresh
10M ; retry
1D ; expiry
1H ) ; minimum
1H IN NS ns1
1H IN MX 10 mail2.planetinterlink.com.
ftp 1H IN A 207.228.126.169
mail 1H IN CNAME mail2.planetinterlink.com.
ns1 1H IN A 207.228.85.86
www 1H IN A 207.228.126.173
You need to enter cadvision's DNS as a DNS record.
Replace the CNAME with an A record (most people screw up CNAME's, esp
one's who haven't RTFM yet :))) )
>I have 30 domains that i host for the reside on the same servers. They use
>mail.planetinterlink.com for the SMTP/POP3 servers
>Sample of a sub domain
>
>Name Type Data
>(same as parent folder) Start of Authority [39],
>ns1.activeinfosystems.com.,
>administrator.activeinfosystems.com.
>(same as parent folder) Name Server ns1.activeinfosystems.com.
>(same as parent folder) Mail Exchanger [10] mail.planetinterlink.com.
>mail Alias mail.planetinterlink.com.
>www Host 207.228.126.173
drop the alias, use A.
why have "mail" and "mail2" as MX hostnames? do you have two mail servers?
Len
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