Mulitple "IN A"

Mulitple "IN A"

Post by Page » Sat, 22 Feb 1997 04:00:00



Hello!

I have a domain (for eg. domain.com) and a host machine (host1.domain.com).
Two virtual domains are needed (mailA.domain.com &
mailB.domain.com) to receive mails from two different community. The following are records in my DNS
file   domain.com.db

host1           IN      A       187.86.8.7
mailA           IN      A       187.86.8.7
mailB           IN      A       187.86.8.7

host1.domain.com.       IN      MX      10      host1.domain.com.
mailA.domain.com.       IN      MX      10      host1.domain.com.
mailB.domain.com.       IN      MX      10      host1.domain.com.

Can I have multiple "IN A" to a single host? Are my settings correct?
Only mail services are need for mailA and mailB. Thanks!

With Best Regards, Shirley

 
 
 

Mulitple "IN A"

Post by Ofer Inb » Tue, 25 Feb 1997 04:00:00



>file   domain.com.db
>host1               IN      A       187.86.8.7
>mailA               IN      A       187.86.8.7
>mailB               IN      A       187.86.8.7

>host1.domain.com.   IN      MX      10      host1.domain.com.
>mailA.domain.com.   IN      MX      10      host1.domain.com.
>mailB.domain.com.   IN      MX      10      host1.domain.com.

>Can I have multiple "IN A" to a single host? Are my settings correct?
>Only mail services are need for mailA and mailB. Thanks!

You can have multiple names with the same A, although generally people
use CNAME records for this.  Then again, there are disagreements about
whether MX records pointing at CNAME records is legitimate...

Crospossting this to comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains,comp.mail.misc,
and setting Followup-To: to point there.  Those groups are more
appropriate for this question than comp.unix.admin (this isn't a Unix
issue, really - you could have the same question with PC's, etc.)



 "We all misuse the net for personal gain, one way or another."


 
 
 

Mulitple "IN A"

Post by S Dou » Sat, 01 Mar 1997 04:00:00



>Hello!
>I have a domain (for eg. domain.com) and a host machine (host1.domain.com).
>Two virtual domains are needed (mailA.domain.com &
>mailB.domain.com) to receive mails from two different community. The following are records in my DNS
>file   domain.com.db
>host1               IN      A       187.86.8.7
>mailA               IN      A       187.86.8.7
>mailB               IN      A       187.86.8.7
>host1.domain.com.   IN      MX      10      host1.domain.com.
>mailA.domain.com.   IN      MX      10      host1.domain.com.
>mailB.domain.com.   IN      MX      10      host1.domain.com.
>Can I have multiple "IN A" to a single host? Are my settings correct?
>Only mail services are need for mailA and mailB. Thanks!
>With Best Regards, Shirley

Here is what you should replace the mailA and mailB A records with for
this to work:

host1   IN      A               187.86.8.7
mailA   IN      CNAME   host1
mailB   IN      CNAME           host1

the CNAME records are aliase records.

hope this helps

Salim

 
 
 

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