I could need some help understanding the rules when assigning names to NS and MX records for my domains (I run my own Name Server).
Here's what I have: 1. I host the domain tempel.org. 2. On my server, I run a Name Server, a Mail and a Web Server 3. Until now, the NS records look like this (I used NonSequitur): tempel.org. A 64.174.138.122 mail.tempel.org. CNAME tempel.org. ns.tempel.org. CNAME tempel.org. Then, I had these NS and MX assignments: tempel.org. NS ns.tempel.org tempel.org. MX mail.tempel.org I also have registered with my domain provider the name "ns.tempel.org" as a domain name server, and list that one with my master records. Now to the question: Recently, I installed the Trial version of Quick DNS, which complained about the NS and MX entries. It was only happy when I changed them to use the A name, like this: tempel.org. NS tempel.org tempel.org. MX tempel.org I have another domain, where I had used: sepic.org. NS ns.tempel.org Here, QDNS did not complain (because it appears not to to crossref-tests between the various domains), but BIND later wrote to the log file: info: "tempelmann.com IN NS" points to a CNAME (ns.tempel.org) ... which again signals that it does not like to see CNAMEs in NS entries. Well, I can live with that. I can change them all to use only the A record's name (tempel.org) But one question remains: What about the fact that the master entry for my domain lists "ns.tempel.org" as the NS, not "tempel.org" (actually, if I'd try to use "tempel.org", I'd get quite a severe sounding warning that I should not do this). With that, it appears to me that the master record does not comply with my zone's SOA and NS infos (I understand that I should use the NS record's name also for the SOA record, right?): The master records say the SOA NS is ns.tempel.org, while my own records say it's "tempel.org". Now, is that a problem? Or is that just fine this way? Thomas ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
