MX record config for sub-domains...

[Barry Margolin]

In article <bjl30g$1nhi$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
OSquires  <osquires at stanlynet.org> wrote:
>In my public DNS I've got 24 sub-domains (school locations) configured 
>inside the top-level zone file.  The system's mail server, etc is 
>configured in that same zone file.  Now I've got a situation where I 
>need to provide an MX record (e-mail services) for a few of these 
>sub-domains.  I assume if I break out all the sub-domains into 
>individual zone files that would work.  Is there a way to configure BIND 
>(v.9.2.1) so that I only need to break out the sub-domains that I want 
>to add e-mail services to?

You don't need separate zone files for this at all.  Just enter the
appropriate MX records in the main zone file:

sub1 IN MX 10 mailer.sub1

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