MX TTL syntax

[David Botham]

bind-users-bounce at isc.org wrote on 02/17/2004 12:17:00 PM:
> In article <c0tc41$bgt$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
>  David Botham <DBotham at OptimusSolutions.com> wrote:
> 
> > > of course i could write 
> > > 
> > > domaina.mydomain.do 3600 IN A 10 mailserver.domainc.do
> > > domainb.mydomain.do 3600 IN A 10 mailserver.domainc.do
> > 
> > This would not work for a few reasons.
> > 
> > 1)  You are missing the trailing dot '.' at the end of the line.
> > 
> > 2)  Assuming that the zones in question are:
> 
> Why is this an assumption -- he showed the named.conf file and these 
> *are* the zone names (modulo some obvious typos -- "doamin" instead of 
> "domain").

Yup, perhaps I should slow down a bit.

> 
> > domaina.mydomain.do.
> > domainb.mydomain.do.
> > 
> > Then, one of the RR's above would always be rejected as out of zone 
data 
> > in one of the zones.
> 
> It would still work -- the out-of-zone data is simply ignored.  However, 

> your recommendation to use "@" as the substitute for the zone name is 
> the preferred solution.

Yes, likewise 'won't work' is probably a little strong as well. 


Thanks for setting me straight...

Dave...


> 
> -- 
> Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
> Arlington, MA
>