Look at your zone records here. There is no secondary MX
record for the mails. If for some reason the "mail" machine
is not available there is nothing telling a server to try a
second machine. Other notes below.
@ MX 20 mail2
> PDC DNS FILE:
>
> Domain 1
> @ NS alfa
> @ MX 10 mail
> alfa A alfa_IP_address_1
> beta A beta_IP_address_1
> mail A mail_IP_address_1
>
> Domain 2
> @ NS alfa.domain1.com
> @ MX 10 mail
> alfa A alfa_IP_address_2
> mail A mail_IP_address_2
>
>
> BDC DNS FILE:
>
> Domain 1
> @ NS beta
> @ MX 10 mail
> alfa A alfa_IP_address_1
> beta A beta_IP_address_1
>
> Domain 2
> @ NS beta.domain1.com
> @ MX 10 mail.domain1.com
> beta A beta_IP_address_domain2
Basically you do not really need two DNS servers to handle
this. Having a secondary comes in handy if your primary goes
down. But the secondary should be set up to xfer its records
from the primary.
Dusty
----- Original Message -----
From: Ing. Andr�s E. Gallo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 9:35 AM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] DNS
> Hi Dusty.
>
> I have 3 servers, with NT. One Primary Domain Controller, one BDC and the
> MAIL Server.
>
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