Re: mail domain

[Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>]

Paul Miller <paul@3dillusion.com> writes:

> Before installing BIND, the default mail domain was '3dillusion.com'.. now
> it is '3dillusion.3dillusion.com' ... I want to change it back, how can I
> do this?

If this is the named I get on 3dillusion.com, it's still not set up
right:

% dig @3dillusion.com 3dillusion.com any

; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @3dillusion.com 3dillusion.com any 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      3dillusion.com, type = ANY, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
3dillusion.com.         1W IN MX        100 3dillusion.3dillusion.com.
3dillusion.com.         1W IN MX        100 mail.3dillusion.com.
3dillusion.com.         1W IN A         198.109.162.43
3dillusion.com.         1W IN SOA       ns.3dillusion.com.3dillusion.com. hostmaster.3dillusion.com.3dillusion.com. (
                                        97110801        ; serial
                                        1W              ; refresh
                                        1D              ; retry
                                        4W              ; expiry
                                        1W )            ; minimum


;; Total query time: 1084 msec
;; FROM: psyche to SERVER: 3dillusion.com  198.109.162.43
;; WHEN: Fri Nov 14 19:14:04 1997
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 32  rcvd: 161

You probably left out the dots after the server and email addresses in
the SOA record, at least.  I also don't believe mail.3dillusion.com
should be the LHS of a CNAME, when it's the RHS of an MX.

Is your named authoritative for the 3dillusion.com domain?  It seems
to me I should have recieved an authority record with the above
answer.  I had a few hassles getting a private BIND answering
authoritatively, and getting errors in syslog each time it started.

It also seems a little confused about the PTR record:

% dig @3dillusion.com -x 198.109.162.43

; <<>> DiG 8.1 <<>> @3dillusion.com -x 
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 10
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUERY SECTION:
;;      43.162.109.198.in-addr.arpa, type = ANY, class = IN

;; ANSWER SECTION:
43.162.109.198.in-addr.arpa.  5h14m52s IN PTR  imagine.tcimet.net.
43.162.109.198.in-addr.arpa.  5h14m52s IN PTR  3dillusion.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
162.109.198.in-addr.arpa.  1d21h34m46s IN NS  mets.tcimet.net.
162.109.198.in-addr.arpa.  1d21h34m46s IN NS  serv1.cl.msu.edu.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mets.tcimet.net.        15h41m12s IN A  198.109.160.2
serv1.cl.msu.edu.       1d13h46m55s IN A  35.8.2.41

;; Total query time: 730 msec
;; FROM: psyche to SERVER: 3dillusion.com  198.109.162.43
;; WHEN: Fri Nov 14 19:23:30 1997
;; MSG SIZE  sent: 45  rcvd: 210

-- 
    Carey Evans  <*>  http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/  gc

	       Neniu anticipas la hispanan Inkvizicion.


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