what alias do i need to for a domain to resolve with out a machine name

[Gerald Waugh]

"mischa" <mischa at megapathdsl.net> wrote in message
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> im not sure if im asking this correctly...
>
> for example www.domain.com resolves the correct IP
> but when i do a nslookup for domain.com without a www no ip is resolved...
>
> is this an entry in the db.domain.com file?

Use an 'A' record for "domain.com"