Ok, big brain fart. I checked my DNS and all mine are A records. Don't use CNAME for any of them.
A (same as parent) xx.xx.xx.100 A www xx.xx.xx.100 A mail xx.xx.xx.120 MX mail.domain1.com oooops. Trent ----------- Trent M. Davenport - Systems Administrator Northern Television Systems Ltd - WHTV 203-4103 4th Avenue, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1H6 (867) 393-2225 X204, (867) 393-2224 FAX www.whtvcable.com <http://www.whtvcable.com> ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Setzer Sent: April 5, 2002 3:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: DNS MX & CNAME > Zone for domainname1.com > CNAME (same as parent) xx.xx.xx.100 > CNAME www xx.xx.xx.100 > A mail xx.xx.xx.120 > MX mail.domain1.com This is what we have except that the top 2 are A records, not CNAMEs > > Zone for domainname2.com > CNAME (same as parent) xx.xx.xx.100 > CNAME www xx.xx.xx.100 > A mail xx.xx.xx.130 {address of other mail server} > MX mail.domain2.com YES! This is exactly what I want to do. If I try to add: CNAME (same as parent) www.domain1.com After I've added the MX record, I get this error: "CNAME can't be added. The DNS name contains records that are incompatible with the CNAME record" If I try to add the MX record after the first CNAME, I get this error: "Node cannot be created. Node is a CNAME DNS record" It will however let me do this: CNAME www www.domain1.com A mail xx.xx.xx.130 MX mail.domain2.com This would accomplish everything I need but you couldn't get to domain2 without typing www. After doing a Google search it appears that no other records (including MX and even SOA) are suppose to exist with CNAMEs. David Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
