where to declare

Michael Voight mvoight at cisco.com
Mon Aug 23 06:12:31 UTC 1999


Well, if the domain bogus.my.domain exists, the MX records must go
there.
If you delegate a subdomain, that is where the records for the subdomain
must go, otherwise, why would you delegate it?

Michael

"Gerard M. Mamou" wrote:
> 
> Hello
> I have a zone my.domain and a subzone bogus.my.domain
> I have a Name Server ns.my.domain and ns.bogus.my.doamin (which is the
> same A, same machine)
> Where should I declare the MX records for bogus.my.domain
> in the file of my.domain or in the file of bogus.my.domain????
> 
> my.domain SOA ...
> 
> bogus.my.domain IN      NS      ns.bogus.my.domain
> bogus.my.domain IN      MX      mail.bogus.my.domain
> ..
> end of db for my.domain
> 
> or
> 
> my.domain SOA ...
> bogus.my.domain IN      NS      ns.bogus.my.domain
> ..
> end of db for my.domain
> 
> bogus.my.domain SOA ...
>                 IN MX mail.bogus.my.domain
> end of db for bogus.my.domain
> 
> Is there any differences??
> How it is resolved??
> Which one come first???
> Which one is better???
> I have also a slave for my.domain ONLY in my ISP name server
> Maybe the First method is better in case ns.bogus.my.domain come down
> the record will be resolved anyway because it is in my.domain file???
> Any helps?
> TIA
> Gerard Mamou


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