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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