Hello, Just out of interest -- has anybody noticed any problems sending mail to Domainz, due to the fact that the MX for domainz.net.nz points to mail2.actrix.gen.nz, which is itself a CNAME for mercury.actrix.gen.nz? It's not the best MX for the zone, and hence might never get used anyway. [MX to a CNAME is illegal, in case I'm not making myself obvious] Just interested in whether this has had any operational impact. Whilst simultaneously poking fun at Domainz and Actrix for their trivial DNS misconfiguration, obviously :) jabley(a)tardis[129]$ dig mx domainz.net.nz ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> mx domainz.net.nz ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56161 ;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 2, Auth: 3, Addit: 3 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; domainz.net.nz, type = MX, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: domainz.net.nz. 4835 MX 20 mail2.actrix.gen.nz. domainz.net.nz. 4835 MX 10 mail.actrix.gen.nz. ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: domainz.net.nz. 86400 NS ns1.actrix.gen.nz. domainz.net.nz. 86400 NS ns2.actrix.gen.nz. domainz.net.nz. 86400 NS ns1.waikato.ac.nz. ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS: ns1.actrix.gen.nz. 86400 A 203.96.16.35 ns2.actrix.gen.nz. 86400 A 203.96.16.36 ns1.waikato.ac.nz. 86400 A 140.200.128.13 ;; Total query time: 47 msec ;; FROM: tardis to SERVER: default -- 203.97.2.226 ;; WHEN: Sun Apr 30 15:55:37 2000 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 32 rcvd: 201 jabley(a)tardis[130]$ dig a mail.actrix.gen.nz ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> a mail.actrix.gen.nz ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 58816 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 2, Auth: 2, Addit: 2 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; mail.actrix.gen.nz, type = A, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: mail.actrix.gen.nz. 60 A 203.96.16.107 mail.actrix.gen.nz. 60 A 203.96.16.108 ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: actrix.gen.nz. 43200 NS ns1.actrix.gen.nz. actrix.gen.nz. 43200 NS ns2.actrix.gen.nz. ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS: ns1.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.35 ns2.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.36 ;; Total query time: 77 msec ;; FROM: tardis to SERVER: default -- 203.97.2.226 ;; WHEN: Sun Apr 30 15:55:57 2000 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 36 rcvd: 149 jabley(a)tardis[131]$ dig a mail2.actrix.gen.nz ; <<>> DiG 2.2 <<>> a mail2.actrix.gen.nz ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch ;; got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 62610 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 2, Auth: 2, Addit: 2 ;; QUESTIONS: ;; mail2.actrix.gen.nz, type = A, class = IN ;; ANSWERS: mail2.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 CNAME mercury.actrix.gen.nz. mercury.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.37 ;; AUTHORITY RECORDS: actrix.gen.nz. 43200 NS ns1.actrix.gen.nz. actrix.gen.nz. 43200 NS ns2.actrix.gen.nz. ;; ADDITIONAL RECORDS: ns1.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.35 ns2.actrix.gen.nz. 43200 A 203.96.16.36 ;; Total query time: 51 msec ;; FROM: tardis to SERVER: default -- 203.97.2.226 ;; WHEN: Sun Apr 30 15:56:09 2000 ;; MSG SIZE sent: 37 rcvd: 156 --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog