Can't Get The Hang Of The DNS Record
Brian
subdude at post.com
Mon Apr 3 19:42:38 UTC 2000
Hi Bill:
Bill Polhemus wrote in message <38E88F33.3F3338D5 at swbell.net>...
<clipped for brevity>
>; Name Servers
>polhemus.cc. IN NS ns1.granitecanyon.com.
>polhemus.cc. IN NS ns2.granitecanyon.com.
>; addresses for the canonical names
>localhost.polhemus.cc. IN A 127.0.0.1
>; an address for the zone itself ("Xs" represent the real IP
>number, of course).
>polhemus.cc. IN A XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
The above are "A" records, not canonical.
>; Aliases
>polhemus03.polhemus.cc. IN CNAME polhemus.cc.
>www.polhemus.cc. IN CNAME polhemus.cc.
>ftp.polhemus.cc. IN CNAME polhemus.cc.
>mail.polhemus.cc. IN CNAME polhemus.cc.
>; MX records
>; The token 'EXTREF' directs nslint to allow external
>references.
>; The token 'GLOBALOK' directs nslint to allow global
>records.
>; global MX records for unspecified members of the zone
>*.polhemus.cc. IN MX 10 mail.polhemus.cc. ; GLOBALOK
Your MX record should point to an A record, not a CNAME.
>; MX records for email addressed to the zone itself
>polhemus.cc. IN MX 10 mail.polhemus.cc. ; EXTREF
Also points to a CNAME.
>[END DNS RECORD]
>I just don't seem to be able to get this up and functioning.
>For example, although I
>can ping polhemus.cc (letting me know that at least some of
>the DNS record is correct), I CANNOT ping www. or ftp. or
>mail. So somehow I'm misunderstanding the "aliases" I guess.
All appears to be functioning although I would change the entires for your
MX records.
>Simply put: How can I get DNS to recognize www.polhemus.cc
>or ftp. or mail?
Is working now.
Brian
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