RE: [cobalt-users] newbie DNS help needed

["DotCom Production" <mca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

if only that solution would work it would be a wonderful world. IS it
possible that the RaQ 4 has written some information somewhere that is
overriding data being entered via the GUI? This same box will resolve
www.mydomain.com  but not mydomain.com and I DO have the A records set
correctly

mydomain.com          >>> 123.456.789.123
123.456.789.123/24    >>>  mydomain.com
www.mydomain.com      >>>  123.456.789.123
mail.mydomain.com     >>>  999.999.999.999

and MX record points to mail.mydomain.com

I was also told to add the mail server IP address in the "Smart Relay" box
and to NOT have the Email Server set as active.

The results?
Client can send email (of course) I can not send email to the client and get
a "name server timeout" error. Also you can not access the site via domain
name only... trace routes on email.mydomain.com shows it as "an unknown
host"

::::sigh::::

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jeff Lasman
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 2:26 PM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] newbie DNS help needed


DotCom Production wrote:

> I'm getting some weird conflicts trying to use one of our RaQ's as a name
> server:
> Here's my ( overly wordy <g>) question:
> If I have a client being hosted on RaQ "A"... and their email is being
> hosted by them on their in house server... and I am using RaQ "B" as name
> server and having the A records point to RaQ "A" - Do I setup the MX
records
> that point to the clients mail server on RaQ "A" , RaQ "B", or both A & B?

You should have one primary DNS server and you may have a secondary DNS
server.  For the purpose of this reply, I'll presume that RaQ B is your
primary DNS server.  If that is correct than what you do is set up an A
record for the client's inhouse server, for example:

mail.clientsdomain.com.    IN   A  123.123.123.123

where 123.123.123.123 in the IP# of the client's inhouse server.

Then you create an mx record pointing the client's email to that server:

clientsdomain.com.  IN MX 10 mail.clientsdomain.com.

Jeff
--
Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
nobaloney.net
P. O. Box 52672
Riverside, CA  92517
voice: (909) 787-8589  *  fax: (909) 782-0205

_______________________________________________
cobalt-users mailing list
cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To Subscribe or Unsubscribe, please go to:
http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-users