[GRLUG] DNS question - not linux

[megadave]

Add an NS record for mail.yourdomain.com, pointing at the
authoritative nameserver.

Ditto for any others.

Stupid question, why on EARTH are you using windows as a DNS server
instead of either BIND or djbdns on a *nix box?


On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Warning this isn't a linux question but y'all are so knowledgeable I thought
> I'd ask this here.
>
> I have a Windows 2008 rc2 set as the DNS server.  I also have a separate
> server inside the network serving our public website.  I'd like to point
> www.ourwebsite.com to the internal server, but let mail.fox-sales.com and
> calendar.fox-sales.com to point where they should(google right now).
>
> I created a forward lookup zone for ourwebsite.com and added an A record for
> www to point to the internal ip address.  This works for www.ourwebsite.com
> but the dns server can't find mail.ourwebsite.com.
>
> Is it possible to just point www.ourwebsite.com to an internal address and
> ignore all other ourwebsite.com subdomains so they can get the ip address
> from the isp's DNS?
>
>
>
> Share and Enjoy
> Ben
>
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