Re: MX TTL syntax

bind-users-bounce@isc.org wrote on 02/17/2004 12:17:00 PM:
> In article <c0tc41$bgt$1@sf1.isc.org>,
> David Botham <DBotham@OptimusSolutions.com> wrote:
>
> > > of course i could write
> > >
> > > domaina.mydomain.do 3600 IN A 10 mailserver.domainc.do
> > > domainb.mydomain.do 3600 IN A 10 mailserver.domainc.do
> >
> > This would not work for a few reasons.
> >
> > 1) You are missing the trailing dot '.' at the end of the line.
> >
> > 2) Assuming that the zones in question are:
>
> Why is this an assumption -- he showed the named.conf file and these
> *are* the zone names (modulo some obvious typos -- "doamin" instead of
> "domain").

Yup, perhaps I should slow down a bit.

>
> > domaina.mydomain.do.
> > domainb.mydomain.do.
> >
> > Then, one of the RR's above would always be rejected as out of zone
data
> > in one of the zones.
>
> It would still work -- the out-of-zone data is simply ignored. However,

> your recommendation to use "@" as the substitute for the zone name is
> the preferred solution.

Yes, likewise 'won't work' is probably a little strong as well.


Thanks for setting me straight...

Dave...


>
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> Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
> Arlington, MA
>