I'm trying to setup bind9 on Ubuntu Server 6.06. I want to make sure that I have it configured correctly for Zimbra. The machine name is "mail" on my domain "nunyad.biz". I want to send and receive emails like
user@nunyad.biz. Should nunyad.biz and mail.nunyad.biz both have a MX record???
/etc/bind/named.conf.local Code:
//
// Do any local configuration here
zone "nunyad.biz" {
type master;
file "db.nunyad.biz";
allow-update { none; };
};
// Consider adding the 1918 zones here, if they are not used in your
// organization
//include "/etc/bind/zones.rfc1918"; /var/cache/bind/db.nunyad.biz Code:
;
; BIND data file for local loopback interface
;
$TTL 604800
@ IN SOA mail.nunyad.biz. admin.mail.nunyad.biz(
2 ; Serial
604800 ; Refresh
86400 ; Retry
2419200 ; Expire
604800 ) ; Negative Cache TTL
;
@ IN NS mail.nunyad.biz.
IN MX 10 mail.nunyad.biz.
IN A 192.168.254.160
mail IN A 192.168.254.160
www IN A 192.168.254.160 When ever I do a "nslookup" on mail.nunyad.biz and nunyad.biz I get: Code:
Server: 192.168.254.160
Address: 192.168.254.160#53
Name: mail.nunyad.biz
Address: 192.168.254.160
Server: 192.168.254.160
Address: 192.168.254.160#53
Name: nunyad.biz
Address: 192.168.254.160
But when i run "host -t mx domain": Code:
host -t mx nunyad.biz
nunyad.biz mail is handled by 10 mail.nunyad.biz.
host -t mx mail.nunyad.biz
mail.nunyad.biz has no MX record
dig mx nunyad.biz Code:
; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> mx nunyad.biz
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 62767
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;nunyad.biz. IN MX
;; ANSWER SECTION:
nunyad.biz. 604800 IN MX 10 mail.nunyad.biz.
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
nunyad.biz. 604800 IN NS mail.nunyad.biz.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
mail.nunyad.biz. 604800 IN A 192.168.254.160
;; Query time: 2 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.254.160#53(192.168.254.160)
;; WHEN: Sun Sep 9 13:51:06 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 79
dig mx mail.nunyad.biz Code:
; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> mx mail.nunyad.biz
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 50962
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mail.nunyad.biz. IN MX
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
nunyad.biz. 604800 IN SOA mail.nunyad.biz. admin.mail.nunyad.biz.nunyad.biz. 2 604800 86400 2419200 604800
;; Query time: 2 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.254.160#53(192.168.254.160)
;; WHEN: Sun Sep 9 13:52:34 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 91