Big Help needed with MX (again)
Kevin Darcy
kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Thu Jul 5 19:50:15 UTC 2001
MX records just say "deliver mail for name X to server Y" (or multiple
MX targets, for redundancy). As for *forwarding* mail, i.e. accept mail on
server Y and send it to server Z, typically DNS is *not* used for that.
It's typically something you configure within the mail server itself, with
e.g. a mailertable, smarthost, nullclient, mail aliases or whatever.
- Kevin
BCC wrote:
> Hi, I have a linux box (RH 6.2) that needs help.
>
> Long before I arrived, this machine was also set up as a webserver and
> as a nameserver but, sadly, it was set up like *&!# (I made some posts
> earlier about this) and needs some work.
>
> As I am 1. Doing this for a friend 2. Not getting paid for it 3. Can't
> take too much time from my real job, and 4. Know squat about how named
> and MX and nameservers work, I need some help on how to get this thing
> set up correctly.
>
> What I need it to do is simply be a webserver, and forward email to an
> exchange server on port 25. Im going to assume that I must have named
> running to forward email? If this is an incorrect assumption, I would
> love to hear how else I can do it, as I dont care if this machine is
> running named or not. I have other nameservers I can use if need be,
> and can re-register the domain with those servers.
>
> But if I must use named, can someone please spare a moment to look at
> these config files and tell me what is wrong? named locks up about once
> a week, and uses 99% of the cpu and stops forwarding email. The
> extremely helpful responses from my earlier posts on this subject
> clearly state that there is a major problem with DNS, but I need help
> getting it straight.
>
> In case its useful, the two nameservers I have access to are ns1.cts.com
> and ns2.cts.com. The only zone that is important is nextproteins, all
> the other crap is kind of meaningless, as nextproteins.com is the
> ONLY email domain.
>
> I am including the config files for everyone to check out. I know this
> is asking a lot but it would really help me out.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!
> Bryan
>
> /etc/named.conf
> ------------
> options {
> directory "/var/named";
> };
>
> zone "." in {
> type hint;
> file "named.ca";
> };
>
> zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" in {
> type master;
> file "named.local";
> };
>
> zone "133.216.204.in-addr.arpa" in {
> type master;
> file "204.216.133";
> };
>
> zone "nextproteins.com" in {
> type master;
> file "nextproteins";
> };
>
> zone "isisprotein.com" in {
> type master;
> file "isisprotein";
> };
>
> zone "npisurvey.com" in {
> type master;
> file "npisurvey";
> };
>
> zone "designerwhey.com" in {
> type master;
> file "designerwhey";
> };
>
> zone "ultimatepunch.com" in {
> type master;
> file "ultimatepunch";
> };
>
> zone "designerprotein.com" in {
> type master;
> file "designerprotein";
> };
>
> zone "bigwhey.com" in {
> type master;
> file "bigwhey";
> };
>
> zone "nextraproteincrunch.com" in {
> type master;
> file "nextraproteincrunch";
> };
>
> zone "staronthejar.com" in {
> type master;
> file "staronthejar";
> };
> --------
>
> /var/named/named.local
> ----------------
> @ IN SOA localhost. root.localhost. (
> 1997022700 ; serial
> 28800 ; refresh
> 14400 ; retry
> 3600000 ; expire
> 86400 ; default_ttl
> )
> @ IN NS localhost.
> 1 IN PTR localhost.
> ----------------
>
> /var/named/nextproteins
> ---------------
> nextproteins.com. IN SOA webserver.nextproteins.com.
> webserver.nextproteins.com. (
> 2000110507 ; serial, todays date + serial
> 8H ; refresh, seconds
> 2H ; retry, seconds
> 1W ; expire, seconds
> 1D ) ; minimum, seconds
>
> nextproteins.com. IN NS
> webserver.nextproteins.com.
> nextproteins.com. IN MX 0
> exchange.nextproteins.com.
>
> localhost.nextproteins.com. IN A 127.0.0.1
> nextproteins.com. IN A 204.216.133.114
> webserver.nextproteins.com. IN A 204.216.133.114
> exchange.nextproteins.com. IN A 204.216.224.18
>
> www.nextproteins.com. IN CNAME
> webserver.nextproteins.com.
> -----------------
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