setting up MX records for a dot name domain

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

aljuhani <aljuhani at zajil.net> wrote:
> phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu wrote

>>>aljuhani <aljuhani at zajil.net> wrote:
>> >that works fine but I want to have the email as:

>>> First at Last.name.

>>Wont work. You own "first.last.name."  you don't own "last.name."

> Initially I setup first.last.name zone and then
> I changed the zone to last.name and created
> the MX records as indicated by others:

> last.name pointing to first.last.name

> but you are right that is not working
> as last.name is not a valid hostname even
> after creating an A record pointing last.name
> to an IP address.

> Further, if I perform a dig on last.name, the
> dns servers at root level tend to query the
> nic.name servers and only return one record
> that is SOA for the nic.name zone:

>       ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:=20
>       name. 300 SOA a3.nstld.com. hostmaster.nic.name. ( =20
>      200357281  serial  =20
>      10800  refresh (3 hours)  =20
>      300  retry (5 mins)  =20
>      1209600  expire (14 days)  =20
>      300 )  minimum (5 mins)   =20
>     =20
>       ;; Total query time: 5 msec=20


> but if I dig the last.name from my own DNS Server
> it will show the same records I configured.

> The question, do I have to setup an A record with
> nic.name to point to my server IP address in order
> to make it work. =20

No, you have to apply for "last.name" domain. Then if you are given
authority for "last.name" should your zonefile be configured=20
to deal with "last.name"

> Simply I see that my DNS is only authorative for

> first.last.name while

> last.name is under nic.name=20

> Thanks all for the prompt response.

> Thank You,
> aljuhani at zajil.net




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