Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 15:33:05 -0600 From: Anthony Kim <niceshorts@yahoo.com> To: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net> Cc: Brian Sobolak <sobolak@mindspring.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Exim and DNS - need a hand on DNS config Message-ID: <20011202213305.GA3056@boethius.telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <20011201192317.D493@twincat.vladsempire.net> References: <32112067804.20011201163226@mindspring.com> <20011201192317.D493@twincat.vladsempire.net>
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On Sat, Dec 01, 2001, Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 04:32:26PM -0800, Brian Sobolak wrote: > > hi > > > > Short question: > > > > How do I get DNS to publish planetshwoop.com, > > instead of just www.planetshwoop.com or magenta.planetshwoop.com? > > Assuming that your zonefile starts like so: > planetshwoop.com. IN SOA blah blah blah > > then ass the following lines: > planetshwoop IN MX 10 66.47.229.37 > @ IN A 66.47.229.37 > > Your assumption on what is wrong with your mail is correct. Fix your > DNS and your mail will work fine. You mx record should not point to an IP address - this is a common mistake. Preferred: planetshwoop.com. IN MX 10 planetshwoop.com. planetshwoop.com. IN A 66.47.229.37 Or even better: planetshwoop.com. IN MX 10 mail.planetshwoop.com. @ IN A 66.47.229.37 mail IN A 66.47.229.37 Be sure you have a reverse lookup record and you should be good to go. -- "Le motd juste." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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