dns admin questions

From: Richard Weil (rcweil_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/25/05

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To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>

    I'm using tinydns built from the djbdns source package on debian sarge
    and it works great. I'm not that experienced with admin'ing DNS though,
    and I need to make a couple of changes. So, some questions:

    (1) If I no longer what tinydns to provide dns services for one of the
    domains, do I simply delete all references to the domain out of the
    data file and then type make?

    (2) How do I redirect mx records? My current entry for a domain is:

    @my_domain.com::my_current_email_server1:10:300
    @my_domain.com::my_current_email_server2:20:300

    I'm considering pointing these to Fastmail.fm, which provides the
    following directions:

        * in1.smtp.messagingengine.com (first, preference=10)
        * in2.smtp.messagingengine.com (second, preference=20)

    Does this mean I should make the records:

    @my_domain.com::in1.smtp.messagingengine.com:10:300
    @my_domain.com::in2.smtp.messagingengine.com:20:300

    What about the "300"? I believe that the 300 is the TTL for the whole
    domain, so i"m not sure what to do with it in regards to the mx
    records.

    Any help appreciated.

    Thanks,

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