Thank you... Well, there is a mix of things... The first record should have been (I left out a trailing dot on the RHS for MX):
faxcore1.mwro. MX 10 faxcore1.mwro.aspca.org. The trailing dots on the LHS were there from when records including Faxcore were imported first from AT&T (which may have put them in somewhat automatically in their web interface) to Internap, and then from Internap to Cogent. On the second record, since the trailing dots were there for MX records for faxcore1.mwro, I added one for the faxcore2.mwro record. SO, to summarize, before my next test, I should: 1. Leave the trailing dot on the RHS for the MX record data, and 2. Delete the trailing dot on the LHS for both MX records (although all was working despite the LHS trailing dot when there was only one record)? Once verified that the LHS dots are indeed a problem, I'll make the DNS changes and try again. I'll then let you know. Thanks again! -- richard -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 8:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Help w/DNS MX records On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Richard McClary <[email protected]> wrote: > Currently, we have these DNS entries with Cogent: > faxcore1.mwro A 63.85.204.151 > faxcore1.mwro. MX 10 faxcore1.mwro.aspca.org What's with the trailing dot at the end of the LHS (left hand side) of the second record? The above two records -- as given -- likely describe two different domain names. The first record's LHS is a relative name <faxcore1.mwro>. You don't give the origin, but if the origin is <aspca.org.>, then the FQDN would be <faxcore1.mwro.aspca.org.> The second record's LHS is an FQDN <faxcore1.mwro.>. Full stop, nothing more. So the top-level domain (akin to <com.>) would be <mwro.>, which is not registered. It's very unusual to have that in a public-facing DNS server. It generally doesn't work. Is that dot really there? Or is it a typo in your transcription? -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
