Dwivedi Ajay kumar rearranged electrons thusly:
> <Question> Can someone explain the uses of the domain and mailaddress
> in Start of Authority. IMHO they are not used in general during
> resolving. The mail address defines the contact address but why is the
> first one used??
SOA is the ultimate contact for the particular zone ... and yes - that address
should exist and be monitored ... either as a separate mailbox / most often
aliased to root on the machine.
For more on SOA see RFC 1034 on DNS. The SOA is the start of a zone /
authority ... especially page 36.
+suresh
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