MX resord

[Prashant Ranade]

Hello,
Isn't this mixing zones?? If at all you want to keep the mail server in the different
zone then I don't think that will be the only machine sitting in the new zone. and if
there are many machines in the new zone I think creating a new zone will be better to
administer... even if there are no other machines still isn't seperating zones easy
to administer rather than mixing things in the same zone file...
troubleshooting will also be easy in case you have seperate zone files
Prashant

Kevin Darcy wrote:

> A subzone is not necessary. I believe:
>
> whatever.mydomain.com.    in    mx    0    whatever.mydomain.com.
> whatever.mydomain.com.    in    a    x.x.x.x
>
> would suffice. I.e. a new subdomain, but not a new subzone. Technically speaking,
> you wouldn't even need the MX record, but since mailers follow up a
> non-productive MX query with an A query, it's more efficient for the MX record to
> exist.
>
> - Kevin
>
> Prashant Ranade wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > yes I think you will have to create another zone for whatever.mydomain.com...
> > create the zone file for that zone, create the delegation record for that zone
> > in the parents zone file and then create the MX record for that zone. you can
> > host this zone on the same server where you are hosting mydomain.com...
> > I think so because if you don't create this zone then the dns for the
> > mydomain.com is not going to know where to deliver the mail for
> > urname at whatever.mydomain.com. it only knows MS records for mydomain.com
> > let me know if you can get away without ceating any new zone
> > hope this helps
> > Prashant
> >
> > Jerry Hsieh wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Please help. I have 2 meial sevrers and these 2 mail servers are
> > > independent.
> > > For example, I have a mail account jerry at mydomain.com on the mydomain.com
> > > already. But I would like to have another mail jerry at whatever.mydomain.com
> > > on the whatever.mydomain.com machine. My question is, what should I do for
> > > the MX record? Or I should create another zone for
> > > whatever.mydomain.com?Thanks for your time.
> > >
> > >  mydomain.com.   IN      MX      10      mail.mydomain.com
> > > ???????????????  IN      MX      ??      whatever.mydomain.com
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Jerry