TTL Not found when in zone file

[Chip Old]

The answer is in the 8.2.3 docs and in the FAQ.  In BIND 8.2 (I think) and
above, the TTL value in the SOA record reverts to what it is supposed to
be - the minimum TTL.  In BIND earlier than 8.2 the TTL in the SOA record
was treated as the default TTL.  In BIND 8.2 and up you must explicitly
set the default TTL by adding "$TTL xxxx" above the SOA record, like this:

$TTL 28800
@ IN SOA ns1.newevemedia.net. hostmaster.neweve.com. (
2001040503
10800
3600
604800
28800
)

On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Thomas Deliduka wrote to bind-users at isc.org:

> This is weird, I have used the same zone file format for months and months
> and I just now noticed this error. (I guess I don't look at my logs much).
>
> I have bind 8.2.3 running on linux 6.1 and this is what I'm getting.
>
> Zone "domain.com" (file domain.com.dns): No default TTL ($TTL <value>) set,
> using SOA minimum instead
>
> But this is what the zone file contains:
>
> @ IN SOA ns1.newevemedia.net. hostmaster.neweve.com. (
> 2001040503
> 10800
> 3600
> 604800
> 28800
> )
>
> So, what is going on, why does it say the TTL isn't set? Or am I looking in
> the wrong place?
>
>

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