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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
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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."

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