> > I am not (not even close to being) a DNS expert, but some of the other > replies posted do not fit with my understanding of the DNS setup. > The host > "mail" is not a subdomain, it's a host. And the record that has 'no name' > is a "root" host, but it's still a host, and not a subdomain.
But when mail is sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] it is assumed to be a domain not a host, MX records belong to a domain and point to a host. What follows the @ is a domain so a sub domain needs to be setup for reliable mail delivery. > There is only > one domain/zone, and that's salemradiology.com. The rest are records for > hosts within that domain. At leat, I always considered hosts and > subdomains > to be different animals. So I expected that DNS Report would look through > all the records in this zone, looking for any MX records, and identifying > those as mail servers; instead, it only looked for a "root" host mail > server. It's kind of like assuming that a web site name must start with a > "www."; that's the common usage, but it is not required. See my above comment. When using http://www.salemradiology.com you are correct it is a host what comes after the http:// is assumed to be a host not a domain a domain can not respond to a http request but a host can. > > If I'm wrong in this understand, I'd love to hear it. And thanks > for all of > the replies; all let our clients know that the best way to fix this is to > simply add that root MX record. Yes create a root record and add the mx. > > Ben > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sanford Whiteman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "IMail Admin" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 12:07 PM > Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] OT: mx record is there, yet isn't > > > > > Why doesn't it see this mx record? > > > > It's a restriction of DNS Report, which only works on standalone > > zones, not hosts within those zones. The records are accessible via > > dig, et al. > > > > > http://us.mirror.menandmice.com/cgi-bin/DoDig?host=4.2.2.1&domain= mail.salemradiology.com&type=MX&recur=on > > --Sandy > > > ------------------------------------ > Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist > Broadleaf Systems, a division of > Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > SpamAssassin plugs into Declude! > http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/SPAMC32/download/release / > > Defuse Dictionary Attacks: Turn Exchange or IMail mailboxes into IMail Aliases! > http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/exchange2aliases/downloa d/release/ > http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/ldap2aliases/download/re lease/ > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
