[lug] MX records in DNS

[cody at neosolv.net]

Hugh,

The problem is you did not specify the host name in front of either of the 
MX records, thus they are both the exact same MX record.  Your zone file 
is not read based on placement of records, so putting a blank record after 
a specific host record does not cause that record to inherit that host 
name.  It just sets an MX record for the implied domain.  Try changing 
the first MX record to:

web			MX   10		mail

That shoud get mail at web.host.dom delivered to mail.


regards,

cody



On 18 Dec 2001, Hugh Brown wrote:

> I am having some troubles with MX records for a web server.
> 
> I have a host named web.host.dom and a host named mail.host.dom
> 
> In dns I have the following
> 
> 
> host.dom.      IN      SOA     ns.host.dom.     hostmaster.ns.host.dom.
> (
>                         2001090912 ; serial
>                         3600 ; refresh after 1 hour
>                         900 ; retry after 15 minutes
>                         604800 ; expire after 1 week
>                         1800 ; default_ttl is 1 hour
>                         )
> 
> web                     IN      A       xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>                         IN      MX 0    mail
> 
> 
> 
> mail                    IN      A       xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>                         IN      MX 0    mail
> 
> 
> I assumed this meant that if I sent an email to hugh at web.host.dom that
> it should get sent to hugh at mail.host.dom
> 
> I tried it and got a bounced message back saying undeliverable.
> 
> Help.
> 
> Hugh
> 
> 
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