Clarification (was Re: Problem with zone files on Bind 8.30)

[James Griffin]

Sorry to be following up to my own post, but over zealous snipping of
the original text from Bojan <ban at home.com> might have left the
impression that Mark was talking to himself.

Jim


James Griffin wrote:
> 
> Mark_Andrews at isc.org wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > In article <a3f591$604 at pub3.rc.vix.com>, "Mark_Andrews"
> > > <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I fixed what you have sugested, but still have a couple of errors.
> > >
> [snip]
> >
> >         I did not say to put a @ at the start of every record.  Please
> >         re-read my first reply.  I said to get rid of the white-space
> >         before the @ and implied that you need to do the same of the
> >         other records that wern't inheriting the name from the record
> >         before.
> >
> >         Mark
> >
> > e.g.
> > $TTL 3600
> > @   IN SOA ns1.domain.com. root.domain.com. (
> >                              20020132        ; Serial
> >                              10800           ; Refresh
> >                              3600            ; Retry
> >                              604800          ; Expire
> >                              86400 )         ; Minimum TTL
> >
> > ; DNS Servers
> >       IN NS           ns1.domain.com.
> > ; Machine Names
> > localhost       IN A    127.0.0.1
> > ns1             IN A    xx.xx.xx.xx
> > @                   IN A    xx.xx.xx.xx
> > ; Aliases
> > www             IN CNAME       xx.xx.xx.xx
> 
> This has to be a domain name ----^^^^^^^^^^^ not an IP address
> 
> > ; MX Record
> > @                   IN MX   10      domain.com.
> >
> [snip]
> > >
> > --
> > Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
> > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at isc.org