setting up MX records for a dot name domain
phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Wed Jul 7 08:05:08 UTC 2004
aljuhani <aljuhani at zajil.net> wrote:
> phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu wrote
>>>aljuhani <aljuhani at zajil.net> wrote:
>> >that works fine but I want to have the email as:
>>> First at Last.name.
>>Wont work. You own "first.last.name." you don't own "last.name."
> Initially I setup first.last.name zone and then
> I changed the zone to last.name and created
> the MX records as indicated by others:
> last.name pointing to first.last.name
> but you are right that is not working
> as last.name is not a valid hostname even
> after creating an A record pointing last.name
> to an IP address.
> Further, if I perform a dig on last.name, the
> dns servers at root level tend to query the
> nic.name servers and only return one record
> that is SOA for the nic.name zone:
> ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:=20
> name. 300 SOA a3.nstld.com. hostmaster.nic.name. ( =20
> 200357281 serial =20
> 10800 refresh (3 hours) =20
> 300 retry (5 mins) =20
> 1209600 expire (14 days) =20
> 300 ) minimum (5 mins) =20
> =20
> ;; Total query time: 5 msec=20
> but if I dig the last.name from my own DNS Server
> it will show the same records I configured.
> The question, do I have to setup an A record with
> nic.name to point to my server IP address in order
> to make it work. =20
No, you have to apply for "last.name" domain. Then if you are given
authority for "last.name" should your zonefile be configured=20
to deal with "last.name"
> Simply I see that my DNS is only authorative for
> first.last.name while
> last.name is under nic.name=20
> Thanks all for the prompt response.
> Thank You,
> aljuhani at zajil.net
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