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DNS syslog warning

Hi,

Entries in the DNS forward lookup zone file are as below.

um.edu.my. IN A 202.185.111.131
IN MX 0 um.edu.my.
;
ummail.um.edu.my. IN CNAME um.edu.my.
IN MX 0 ummail.um.edu.my.

After restart I get an error message as follows.

Nov 11 09:12:45 bpk named[1586]: restarted
Nov 11 09:12:46 bpk named[1586]: ummail.um.edu.my has CNAME and other data (illegal)

Can someone explain what is illegal about this entry?Is irt anything to do with MX records being assigned the same priority?

Regards,

Karthik

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karthik_selamel

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Hi Besky,

In that case,can I make both the names um.edu.my and ummail.um.edu.my point to the same IP Address with A records?

Because I want that mail directed to both the names come to the same machine.

Regards,

Karthik

besky

Like this:

um.edu.my. IN A 202.185.111.131
IN 5 MX 0 um.edu.my.
ummail.um.edu.my. IN A 202.185.111.132 (change this)
IN 5 MX 0 um.edu.my.

Iguess you have a separate ipaddress for each hostname.

HTH

karthik_selamel

ASKER

Hi Besky,

They are not separate hosts.An alias has been configured in sendmail.cf and that is why it is required to have 2 names for the same IPAddress.

Regards,

Karthik

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