Topic: adding DNS Entry

[Joel shoemark]

how can I add a dns entry "mail" will alway point to the same IP

[Gigi]

You mean adding mail.yourcompany.com into your SME BIND DNS ?
It is already done at setup. If you need to change it, you can manu edit :
/home/dns/var/named/XX.yourcompany.com
edit the
mail IN A 123.123.123.123

See is it work?

[Bill Talcott]

Use the Hostnames and Addresses panel. Note that SME only serves DNS to the LAN, unless you modify some stuff. You will also need to have your domain's DNS provider point "mail." at the right IP too.

[Joel shoemark]

I dont want to point "mail.xyz.com.au" to 123.123.123.123 I want to point "mail" to 123.123.123.123 does any one know a good how-to dns

[Jason Benedict]

hmmm........... refer to www.tldp.org for DNS (Bind) how-to.

What you want "mail"  such as:-

mail         A       123.123.123.123

Is that what you mean? and by default sme server (e-smith) is for local only, which means not a Public DNS. You need to get your ISP to park your domain and set it up in your domain zone file.

If you just want it as hostname with out the domain attached then you can just do it in your /etc/hosts - you may wish to do a template-custom - refer to e-smith.org doc for developer.

If you want to make your ver 5.5 to a Public DNS go here - http://wiki.contribs.org/LinkBase/