server name and dns

[rldev]

I'm sure Jeff will have a good answer for this

My generic domain is web-host-servers.com

I want to give different servers in different data centers server names as follows:

tp.web-host-servers.com
gx.web-host-servers.com
etc

So here is my domain record in DA:

ftp A 67.19.154.196
localhost A 127.0.0.1
mail A 67.19.154.196
ns1.web-host-servers.com A 67.19.154.197
ns2.web-host-servers.com A 67.19.154.198
pop A 67.19.154.196
tp.web-host-servers.com. A 67.19.154.196
web-host-servers.com. A 67.19.154.196
www A 67.19.154.196
web-host-servers.com. NS ns1.web-host-servers.com.
web-host-servers.com. NS ns2.web-host-servers.com.
mail MX 10

The problem with this setup(dnsreport.com) is that this setup does not accept mail from postmaster or abuse.

Obviously I have something setup wrong. Orginally I just had tp.web-host-servers.com setup as the zone, but there were glue issues because because of the lack of record for the root domain name.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[nobaloney]

I'd argue with their understanding of the RFCs. Only domains that send mail must answer to postmaster.

Will any mail ever come from web-host-servers.com?

If not, then what you've got should be okay, though DNS Report will never say so.

If it will, or to make DNS reports happy, set up the domain web-host-servers.com as a domain and create a forward or a mailbox for postmaster.

Jeff

 

[rldev]

Thanks for clearing this up Jeff.