Barry Margolin wrote: > You can delegate those as separate zones: > > zone "private1.crap.com" { > type master; > file "db.private1"; > allow-query { privateclients; }; > }; > zone "private2.crap.com" { > type master; > file "db.private2"; > allow-query { privateclients; }; > }; > ahh, clever. I will do it this way. thanks. simon