Issue with MX lookups - recursion disabled

[Kevin Darcy]

Well, it's working for me:

% dig sbcjc.cc.ms.us. mx @216.79.144.6 +norec

; <<>> DiG 9.3.0 <<>> sbcjc.cc.ms.us. mx @216.79.144.6
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 941
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 4

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;sbcjc.cc.ms.us.                        IN      MX

;; ANSWER SECTION:
sbcjc.cc.ms.us.         43200   IN      MX      5 ironport.sbcjc.cc.ms.us.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
sbcjc.cc.ms.us.         43200   IN      NS      webcache.sbcjc.cc.ms.us.
sbcjc.cc.ms.us.         43200   IN      NS      ons1.sbcjc.cc.ms.us.
sbcjc.cc.ms.us.         43200   IN      NS      ons2.sbcjc.cc.ms.us.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ironport.sbcjc.cc.ms.us. 43200  IN      A       216.79.144.3
ons1.sbcjc.cc.ms.us.    43200   IN      A       216.79.144.6
ons2.sbcjc.cc.ms.us.    43200   IN      A       216.79.144.5
webcache.sbcjc.cc.ms.us. 43200  IN      A       216.79.144.2

;; Query time: 60 msec
;; SERVER: 216.79.144.6#53(216.79.144.6)
;; WHEN: Fri Aug 25 22:11:32 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 182

                                                                         
                  - Kevin

Jack Ridgway wrote:
> I am running bind 9.2.6 on Windows 2003.
>  
> I am trying to setup an authoritative only name server, so I have
> disabled recursion.
>  
> However, when I do this, the server seems to have a problem resolving MX
> records for the domains it is authoritative for.  When recursion is
> enabled, MX records resolve fine.
>  
> Here is my named.conf:
>  
> acl mynameservers {
>  216.79.144.2;
>  216.79.144.5;
>  216.79.144.6;
>  130.18.80.12;
>  130.18.80.13; };
>  
> logging {
>  category lame-servers {null; };
>  category security {null; };
>  category update {null; }; };
>  
> options {
>  directory "c:\winnt\system32\dns\etc";
>  allow-transfer { mynameservers; };
>  recursion no; };
>  
> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
>  type master;
>  file "db.local";
>  notify no; };
>  
> zone "sbcjc.cc.ms.us" {
>  type master;
>  file "db.sbcjc.cc.ms.us";
>  };
> Here is my zone file:
> $TTL 12h
> ;
> @ IN SOA webcache.sbcjc.cc.ms.us. hostmaster.sbcjc.cc.ms.us. (
>    2006022001
>    10800
>    3600
>    604800
>    38400 )
> ;
>    IN NS webcache
>    IN NS ons1
>    IN NS ons2
> ;
>    IN MX 5 ironport
> ;
> localhost  IN A 127.0.0.1
> webcache  IN A 216.79.144.2
> ironport  IN A 216.79.144.3
> ons2  IN A 216.79.144.5
> ons1  IN A 216.79.144.6
> ;
>  
> nslookup, recursion disabled:
>   
>> set type=a
>> ironport.sbcjc.cc.ms.us
>>     
> Server:  ons1.sbcjc.cc.ms.us
> Address:  216.79.144.6
>  
> Name:    ironport.sbcjc.cc.ms.us
> Address:  216.79.144.3
>  
>   
>> set type=mx
>> sbcjc.cc.ms.us
>>     
> Server:  ons1.sbcjc.cc.ms.us
> Address:  216.79.144.6
>  
> (root)  nameserver = G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root)  nameserver = H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root)  nameserver = I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root)  nameserver = J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root)  nameserver = K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root)  nameserver = L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root)  nameserver = M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root)  nameserver = A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root)  nameserver = B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root)  nameserver = C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root)  nameserver = D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root)  nameserver = E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> (root)  nameserver = F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET
> A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address = 198.41.0.4
> B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address = 192.228.79.201
> C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address = 192.33.4.12
> D.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address = 128.8.10.90
> E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address = 192.203.230.10
> F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address = 192.5.5.241
> G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address = 192.112.36.4
> H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address = 128.63.2.53
> I.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address = 192.36.148.17
> J.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address = 192.58.128.30
> K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address = 193.0.14.129
> L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address = 198.32.64.12
> M.ROOT-SERVERS.NET      internet address = 202.12.27.33
>   
>  
> nslookup with recursion enabled:
>   
>> set type=a
>> ironport.sbcjc.cc.ms.us
>>     
> Server:  ons1.sbcjc.cc.ms.us
> Address:  216.79.144.6
>  
> Name:    ironport.sbcjc.cc.ms.us
> Address:  216.79.144.3
>  
>   
>> set type=mx
>> sbcjc.cc.ms.us
>>     
> Server:  ons1.sbcjc.cc.ms.us
> Address:  216.79.144.6
>  
> sbcjc.cc.ms.us  MX preference = 5, mail exchanger ironport.sbcjc.cc.ms.us
> sbcjc.cc.ms.us  nameserver = webcache.sbcjc.cc.ms.us
> sbcjc.cc.ms.us  nameserver = ons1.sbcjc.cc.ms.us
> sbcjc.cc.ms.us  nameserver = ons2.sbcjc.cc.ms.us
> ironport.sbcjc.cc.ms.us internet address = 216.79.144.3
> ons1.sbcjc.cc.ms.us     internet address = 216.79.144.6
> ons2.sbcjc.cc.ms.us     internet address = 216.79.144.5
> webcache.sbcjc.cc.ms.us internet address = 216.79.144.2
>   
>  
> Any ideas what I am missing?
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