MX problem: loopback

[mwhitset at phybertek.com]

Sorry,  I see your A record.. What was I thinking..

-Mark
mwhitset at phybertek.com wrote:

> Don't point your MX line to a CNAME...
>
> -Mark Whitsett
>
> Rainer Collet wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am very new to DNS, so please can you help me with the following problem?
> > Nameserver and mailserver runs on the same host. I have written this
> > zonefile:
> > --snip
> > $ORIGIN xxx.com.
> >
> > @   1D IN SOA @ nsmaster.xxx.com (
> >      2000042800 ; serial
> >      3H  ; refresh
> >      15M  ; retry
> >      1W  ; expire
> >      1D )  ; minimum
> >
> >    1D IN NS ns1.xxx.com.
> >    1D IN NS ns2.xxx.com.
> >    1D IN A  195.4.253.14
> >    1D IN MX 1 baby
> >
> > baby   1D IN A  195.4.253.14
> >
> > ns1   1D IN CNAME baby
> > ns2   1D IN CNAME baby
> > mail   1D IN CNAME baby
> > ftp   1D IN CNAME baby
> > www   1D IN CNAME baby
> > news   1D IN CNAME baby
> > --snip
> >
> > and I allways get back this errormessage:
> >
> > 554 MX list fo xxx.com. points back to baby.xxx.com
> > 553 xxx.xom. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)
> > 554 <user at xxx.com>... Local configuration error
> >
> > how can I solve this problem?
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> >
> > Rainer
>
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> [Mark A. Whitsett]
> [Workin Woman Network]
> [Senior System Administrator]
> [135 West 50th Street, NY,NY 10020]
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[Mark A. Whitsett]
[Workin Woman Network]
[Senior System Administrator]
[135 West 50th Street, NY,NY 10020]
[Work: (212) 909-2703 Fax: (212) 909-2703]