the penny just dropped.... address = add.re.ss doh!
who said I was slow! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Sergei Kolodka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 12:36 AM Subject: Re: Multilingual dns question > Makes sense to me ... ip.add.re.ss = XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (the IN and A are > part of the BIND syntax). IPv4 (Jim... *shhh*) > > Charles Daminato > TUCOWS Product Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Robert wrote: > > > Hello Sergei, > > > > bq--mlnamehere.mltbd.com. IN A 111.222.111.222 > > > > I understand this bit. "bq--mlnamehere.mltbd.com. IN A 111.222.111.222" > > That works fine. > > > > But what's this......... "IN A ip.add.re.ss" That looks like > > "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.re.ss" What does " re.ss" have to do with it? Or is it > > just a very bad example. > > > > what ever - it sure doesn't work. Only "IN A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" works there. > > > > thanks > > Robert > > > > > > > Hello Robert, > > > > > > R> I've obviously missed someting here sometime - > > > R> Could you explain that a little better for me please? > > > > > > R> bq--mlnamehere.mltbd.com IN A ip.add.re.ss > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > It's bind 8 syntax, same on NT and Unix. > > > bq--mlnamehere.mltbd.com. IN A 111.222.111.222 > > > > > > By the way DOT after hostname missed in example. > > > That's _very_ important in zone file. > > > > > > -- > > > Best regards, > > > Sergei mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > >
