[BlueOnyx:22446] Re: Email for sub domains

[Colin Jack]

Hi Chris,

> > So root domain is domain.com
> > Nameservers for root domain are ns1.domain.com and ns2.domain.com They
> > want email to @domain.com to go to mail1.domain.com and email to
> > @works.domain.com to go to mail2.domain.com
> >
> > I have created the necessary mx records on ns1 and ns2 for both the
> > root and sub-domain
> >
> > domain.com.        in mx 0  mail1.domain.com.
> > works.domain.com.        in mx 0  mail2.domain.com.
> 
> So far, so good.
> 
> > Email only goes to root domain.
> > Try dig mx works.domain.com and no reply so logic says can't find zone
> > records. :-/
> 
> Have your named records truly been updated?  Did you hit "Save" after
> adding the new records?   Check the
> /var/named/chroot/var/named/db.domain.com file to make sure that the file
> looks as you would expect.

Yes - checked this an also the secondary server to confirm it had propagated.

> If that's in order and you're still not getting a lookup, then restart named
> service - on 510X and 5207/5208R boxes we have seen instances where named
> does not restart nicely and has to be killed and then started.

Will try that - our nameservers are running on 5208R.
 
> Still having trouble after that?  Feel free to open a ticket with our guys and we
> can have a look-see for you.

Many thanks.

It is bound to be a doh! moment ... 😊

Regards

Colin