From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Apr 28 08:51:26 2006
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 324DE16A402
	for <questions@freebsd.org>; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:51:26 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from peter@bgnett.no)
Received: from vs3.bgnett.no (vs3.bgnett.no [194.54.96.185])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CC6943D48
	for <questions@freebsd.org>; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:51:25 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from peter@bgnett.no)
Received: from amidala.datadok.no (amidala.datadok.no [194.54.103.98])
	by vs3.bgnett.no (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k3S8pC0E064257;
	Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:51:13 +0200 (CEST)
	(envelope-from peter@bgnett.no)
To: questions@freebsd.org
References: <200604271929.11791.johnpollock@bellsouth.net>
From: peter@bgnett.no (Peter N. M. Hansteen)
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:50:38 +0200
In-Reply-To: <200604271929.11791.johnpollock@bellsouth.net> (JP's message of
	"Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:29:11 -0400")
Message-ID: <86d5f2f5i9.fsf@amidala.datadok.no>
User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.19 (berkeley-unix)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-bgnett.no-virusscanner: Found to be clean
X-Envelope-To: johnpollock@bellsouth.net, questions@freebsd.org
Cc: JP <johnpollock@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: Domain Name
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:51:26 -0000

JP <johnpollock@bellsouth.net> writes:

> When running the command:
> host -t mx <domain.tld>
>
> It returns:
> domaint.tld.domain.tld

You forgot the trailing dot.

Your zone file probably has something like

domain.tld.    IN MX mail.domain.tld

which should be 

domain.tld.    IN MX mail.domain.tld.

-- 
Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team
http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ http://www.datadok.no/ http://www.nuug.no/
"First, we kill all the spammers" The Usenet Bard, "Twice-forwarded tales"
20:11:56 delilah spamd[26905]: 146.151.48.74: disconnected after 36099 seconds.