Wanted: Explanation for "No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead"

[Benjamin John]

Not really an error. so heres the answer someone posted here a while ago
to the same question
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And, if you don't, it is still using the SOA TTL field like 4.x did to
set the
                    default ttl for the zone.
                     
                    Michael
                     
                    Chris Cariffe wrote:
                    > 
                    > use $TTL <value> at the very top of your zone
file.  you will no longer get
                    > the
                    > reminder messages.
                    > 
                    > -chris

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basically, just add $TTL 86400 (or whatever) to the beginning of the
zone files.

Alessio Aci wrote:
> 
> Hi folks
> 
> after configuring a new BIND 8, I get warnings on nameserver reload:
> 
> Zone "xxxx" (file xxx): No default TTL set using SOA minimum instead
> 
> The SOA of the zone seems to be good, after querying the nameserver, I
> get the
> right SOA.
> 
> What does the message from BIND mean ?
> 
> Allesio Aci
> Swisscom IP-Plus