error with zone file & adding TXT record

[Peter DrakeUnderkoffler]

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Brent,

There shouldn't be any bind server that would accept those records as there
are to types specified, "A" and "TXT"  These are mutually exclusive.  Remove
the "A" from the record and you should be in good shape.

Thanks
Peter DrakeUnderkoffler

Brent wrote:
| Im using bind 9.2.4rc7  and when i try to add a TXT record to one of our zone
| files i get the following after rndc/ reload
|
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| named local5.error general: error zone testdomain.com/IN: loading master file
| fwd/testdomain.com: unknown class/type
| ----------------------------------------------
|
| (i replaced the actual domain with a fake but the error is the same)
|
| anywho here is what im trying to add to the zone file.
| -------------------------
|
|    300  IN  A    TXT "v=spf1 mx ptr include:testdomain.com ~all"
|    300  IN  A    TXT "v=spf1 a -all"
|
| -------------------------
|
| after adding this to the zone file and reload named I get the above error.
| However i have another DNS server under my control that TXT records do work..
| is this is something that is to do with this version of bind OR do i have to
| do something that will turn this feature on ?
|
| any thoughts or help is greatly appreciated
|
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| Brent
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