where to declare

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> Hello
> I have a zone my.domain and a subzone bogus.my.domain
> I have a Name Server ns.my.domain and ns.bogus.my.doamin (which is the
> same A, same machine)
> Where should I declare the MX records for bogus.my.domain 
> in the file of my.domain or in the file of bogus.my.domain????

	In the zone file for "bogus.my.domain".

	Mark
> 
> my.domain SOA ...
> 
> bogus.my.domain	IN	NS	ns.bogus.my.domain
> bogus.my.domain IN	MX	mail.bogus.my.domain
> ..
> end of db for my.domain
> 
> or
> 
> my.domain SOA ...
> bogus.my.domain	IN	NS	ns.bogus.my.domain
> ..
> end of db for my.domain
> 
> bogus.my.domain SOA ...
> 		IN MX mail.bogus.my.domain
> end of db for bogus.my.domain
> 
> Is there any differences??
> How it is resolved??
> Which one come first???
> Which one is better???
> I have also a slave for my.domain ONLY in my ISP name server
> Maybe the First method is better in case ns.bogus.my.domain come down
> the record will be resolved anyway because it is in my.domain file???
> Any helps?
> TIA
> Gerard Mamou
> 
> 
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