This it what I tried out last week:
MetaInfo DNS 4.1 uses bind 8.x format for its dns files.
MS win2k dns can import 4.9.x format dns files (as it looks, NO 8.x format).
To transfer an existing metainfo dns 4.1 to win2k dns, you need either
a) convert the metainfo dns files from bind 8.x to 4.9x, then import them
OR
b) Setup MS win2k dns as secondary, then convert imported zones to primary
My suggestion is to use native bind, if gui isn't mandatory. However, for
Active Directory environments, it's easier to put up with MS dns than to
manually create all the AD dns entries.
Marius
-----Original Message-----
From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 1:20 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Best DNS Server
>Will it work on Windows 2000 server platform with iMail? Everything was
>working fine with MetaInfo. When I switched to Simple DNS Plus, my users
>can no longer send mail to AOL, Hotmail and Yahoo.
As was pointed out, you have a serviceable DNS in W2K (it doesn't
need AD). Why not give that a shot? It's apparently got some
incompatibilities in it, but it's not too shabby considering the supplier.
The zone files you had under metainfo (and I suppose Simple) are RFC
compatible and W2K DNS can read them. Somebody else here will have
to tell you where to put the zone files in W2K so W2K DNS can find
them. I'd say system32\dns\etc but that's guessing.
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