Kory. As Michael and Ray have pretty much explained, it can be very difficult and technically improper to run both private and public dns entries on the same server. The easiest and technically correct configuration would be to run one authoritive nameserver for the internet and a seperate server for the LAN.
From the sounds of things, this is the first time you have setup qmail and/or tinydns. It took me about 4 days to get everything setup correctly the first time.... then life got much easier. This may not be much comfort, but you might want to take a day off and let your mind clear. Reading all the different docs (I know you've read) on these programs and trying to swallow all the information at once tends to really muddy the water. There is something wrong with a configuration file or the logic of your setup and a days rest is what allowed everything to clear up again. After a mental rest, post the current config files to tinydns, qmail, the `ls -l` output of your user directories, the complete topology of your network, and the forwarding chains (from shorewall) to indicate what services are being allowed and forwarded. Just feel lucky your not attempting to add courier-imap and squirrelmail to this right now! -- ~Lynn Avants Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall Developer http://leaf.sourceforge.net http://guitarlynn.homelinux.org:81 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id78&alloc_id371&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
