For more information about MS DNS:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-docs/papers/dnswp.exe
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-docs/papers/dnsinstall.exe
(Word documents)
> ;--- zonefile for domain.com ---
> @ IN SOA ns1.domain.com. hostmaster.domain.com. (
> 2000090803 ; serial number
> 3600 ; refresh
> 600 ; retry
> 86400 ; expire
> 3600 ) ; minimum TTL
SOA record: automaticaly created by DNS manager, specifies primary server,
admin mailbox and zone setting like TTL
> @ IN NS ns1
@ = this domain
IN = Internet
NS = Nameserver for domain
ns1 = name of a host in this domain
> @ IN NS ns2.otherdomain.com.
ns2.otherdomain.com. = name of a host in another domain
>
> @ IN MX 1 smtp1
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
MX = Mail eXchanger
1 = preference, the lower this number, the higher the preference
smtp1 = name of the host (in this domain)
> @ IN MX 1 smtp2
>
> smtp1 IN A 12.34.56.78
smtp1 = host name
A = normal address
12.34.56.78 = IP address of the host
> smtp2 IN A 12.34.56.87
>
> ns1 IN A 12.34.56.89
> ;--- EOF ---
>
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