Congratulations Chris on starting to learn the trade of a hostmaster. Being a hostmaster is a specialist skill, like being a webmaster, or sysadmin, or postmaster - each is a vastly different skill set.
On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 10:38:12 -0800 Chris Bennett wrote: > I have had problems with setting up DNS for myself and I need it to be > authoritative. Configure NSD. > I have my domains registered with Godaddy and they do not support for > domains not hosted on their servers. Move the domains to a different registrar. > I have been using their DNS without big problems, except that I'm > not getting proper results with regards to email. Eh???? > I've got a pretty bad problem with spam. Eh? DNS is not SMTP. For postmaster problems, learn spamd, etc. > I now have 2 servers, each with a different company. > > Will that then solve the problems with PTR, DKIM and DMARC? Have you taken the time to learn about these records, then create them? > I also particularly hate the web GUI that Godaddy uses Move the domains to a different registrar. > and its SOA record is much too long timewise. A hostmaster creates the SOA record however he likes. > Should I set it up with just one of my servers or both? Create the zone files on your master NSD server, and have your slave NSD server(s) AXFR the zones over. > One is in Los Angeles and the other is in Miami. Cool. > Do I need to use a different one to cover the other server or can I > just use the same one to cover the email stuff like DKIM and DMARC? Eh???? Dask sa9ik 2pw0xsl ald0damdn doa. OK? Ace! > > Since I'm having problems from the ground up, this seems like a good > idea to start at. > Reading at least 1 book about DNS and learning seems way better to me. For a beginner hostmaster, the book "DNS and BIND" by Nicolai Langfeldt is a good place to start the subject. On from there, "DNS and BIND" by Cricket Liu & Paul Albitz is a good next read. Zytrax publish their DNS book online: http://www.Zytrax.Com/books/dns/ As you'll be using NSD, translate the ideas into NSD's configuration style. You need to step back from implementation details and learn why before how. Learn the difference between masters and slaves and their transfers, A records and CNAMES, and why a hostmaster would use each for various circumstances - before getting into DKIM & DMARC. Cheers! -- Craig Skinner | http://linkd.in/yGqkv7
