On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 12:25:52PM -0500, Victor Duchovni wrote: > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:47:45AM +0000, Chris G wrote: > > > ch...@dps:/etc/postfix$ host mws.zbmc.eu > > mws.zbmc.eu has address 192.168.1.4 > > mws.zbmc.eu is an alias for zbmc.eu. > > mws.zbmc.eu is an alias for zbmc.eu. > > zbmc.eu mail is handled by 10 zbmc.eu. > > It is not legal for a DNS CNAME RRset to coexist with other data for > the same domain name. Nor should you have multiple CNAME records for > the same domain. > > If "mdw.zmbc.edu" is a host with "A" records, it must not be a CNAME. > If it is an alias to another domain, it is must not be a host with > "A" records. You need to fix your DNS data. > There isn't a zone file as such for mws, DNS is provided by a minimal DNS server called dnsmasq running on 192.168.1.2 - I guess I need to address you points to the dnsmasq gurus/maintainers and see what they say.
-- Chris Green