Re: Using an MX record from a different domain

2010-03-30 Thread Paul Wouters
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010, Matthew Pounsett wrote: named-checkzone doesn't only check the internal consistency of a zone, it also tries to see that it is externally consistent. e.g. that names referred to in other zones also exist. I was amused the day that feature came in without me realising it

RE: Using an MX record from a different domain

2010-03-30 Thread Lear, Karen (Evolver)
: ;smtpedge1.uspto.gov. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: smtpedge1.uspto.gov.7200IN A 151.207.243.76 -Original Message- From: Matthew Pounsett [mailto:m...@conundrum.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 5:15 PM To: Lear, Karen (Evolver) Cc: 'bind-users@lists.isc.or

Re: Using an MX record from a different domain

2010-03-30 Thread Matthew Pounsett
On 2010/03/30, at 16:57, Lear, Karen (Evolver) wrote: > > I'm adding a new domain to my existing authoritative name servers, and need > to add an MX record for a device residing on existing domain. When I run > named-checkzone, I get a message about the MX record being out of zone and > not

Re: Using an MX record from a different domain

2010-03-30 Thread Fr34k
Hello, named-checkzone is warning you that the MX has a different FQDN than the zone it is in. This is fine so long as the "out of zone" MX record is valid, but named-checkzone wants you to know that it can't verify for sure. So, it is a heads up message and why the ultimate response is "OK". I