sendmail and DNS

joseph lang tcnojl1 at earthlink.net
Thu Apr 27 20:29:57 UTC 2000


"Jangalwa, Raj" wrote:
> 
> Hi Gurus,
> 
> I am building a preimary DNS with 8.1.2 bind for a new site. Can someone
> direct me on how to put entries on my DNS server for the mail servers.
>
> For ex. my DNS is for the domain "testdomain.com" and I receive mail from
> two domains 1) someone at testdomain.com and 2) someone at testdomainmail.com.
> and my mail server is "mailserver.testdomain.com" with a valid IP address
> inside the firewall.
> 
> Now how should I configure my DNS so that any mail coming to
> "someone at testdomain.com" and "someone at testdomainmail.com" gets send to
> "mailserver.testdomain.com".
> 
> Thanx in advance and will summarize
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Raj Jangalwa

For building a new server use bind 8.2.2 p5

In the zone file add a MX record for the domain
See DNS and Bind page 92 Don't even think about
putting up a DNS with out this book.

joe lang



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