You don't notice anything massively bogus with the second zone definition below??? - Kevin Support wrote: > this is around line 638 > > zone "woodhallassociates.co.uk" { > type slave; > file "S/woodhallassociates.co.uk"; > masters { > 212.15.64.59; > }; > }; > > zone "" { > type slave; > file "S/"; > masters { > ; > }; > }; > > thanks > > Andy Saunders