Hi, thanks for your reply. As I indicated in my original message, in fact I previously sought help on this issue at another forum, and I have reproduced the part of the advice I got at the site http://mccorduck.cortland.edu/part2. You will see in the thread reproduced at this site that I had set up both a zone file and modified my named.conf file. Specifically, my zone file is named "mccorduck.zone" and its contents are the following: $TTL 3D @ IN SOA www.mccorduck.ws. hostmaster.mccorduck.ws. ( 4 ; serial 28800 ; refresh 7200 ; retry 604800 ; expire 86400 ; ttl ) NS www mccorduck.ws. MX 10 mail localhost A 127.0.0.1 www A 24.24.15.155 mail CNAME www (And following the advice I was given at that forum, I always increment the serial number when I make a change to the file.) And also following the directions I modified my named.conf such that its contents are now ## named.conf - configuration for bind # # Generated automatically by redhat-config-bind, alchemist et al. # Any changes not supported by redhat-config-bind should be put # in /etc/named.custom # controls { inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; }; }; include "/etc/named.custom"; include "/etc/rndc.key"; zone "mccorduck.ws" { type master; notify no; allow-query { any; }; file "mccorduck.zone"; }; zone "155.15.15.24.in-addr.arpa" { type master; notify no; file "155.15.15.24"; }; Ed McCorduck Department of English State University of New York College at Cortland http://mccorduck.cortland.edu ICQ: http://mccorduck.cortland.edu/pager AIM: EdMcCorduck > -----Original Message----- > From: lists-redhat-replies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:lists-redhat-replies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 7:51 AM > To: Ed McCorduck > Subject: RE: problems receiving e-mail to my server redux > > > the nameserver on your machine (still) isn't responding. > > did you actually configure named, including setting up a zone file > for your domain? you need to set up a zone file for your machine and > modify the named.conf file appropriately. > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > From: Ed McCorduck <Ed.McCorduck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: lists-redhat-replies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Cc: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 06:09:51 AM -0400 > > Subject: RE: problems receiving e-mail to my server redux > > > > Thanks so much for your reply. At the risk of cluttering up > the list > > (another newbie _faux pas_ that I hope you'll all forgive > me for), let > > me repeat here what I just replied to Ed Greshko: > > > > I installed BIND on my Linux box and set it up to start at every > > boot-up, so I assumed this would take care of my > DNS/nameserver setup. > > One of the bases for that belief is this passage from Peter > Harrison's > > book _Linux Home Networking II_: "BIND is an acronym for > the 'Berkeley > > Internet Name Domain' project which MAINTAINS THE DNS > RELATED SOFTWARE > > SUITE THAT RUNS UNDER LINUX [emphasis mine]. The most well known > > program in BIND is 'named', the daemon THAT RESPONDS TO DNS QUERIES > > FROM REMOTE MACHINES [emphasis mine again]" (p. 59). Granted, > > Harrison's book is full of other details and configurations I must > > still perform regarding the files that named uses, but this snippet > > certainly makes it all sound simple enough for a fool like > me to think > > I could do it all on my own. > > > > I'd appreciate your further thoughts on this, and thanks again for > > your reply. > > > > > > Ed McCorduck > > Department of English > > State University of New York College at Cortland > > http://mccorduck.cortland.edu > > ICQ: http://mccorduck.cortland.edu/pager > > AIM: EdMcCorduck > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: lists-redhat-replies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> [mailto:lists-redhat-replies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 6:37 AM > >> To: Ed McCorduck > >> Subject: RE: problems receiving e-mail to my server redux > >> > >> > >> while you may now be forwarding port 53, it doesn't look like you > >> have a dns server running on your machine. since you list your > >> machine as the authoritative nameserver for your domain > you have to > >> run a dns server if you want things to work. > >> > >> related, in the whois records you have: > >> > >> mccorduck.ws ........ 24.24.15.155:80 > >> > >> which implies that you are trying to use port 80 for your > dns server. > >> this simply won't work. [i believe that the spurious :80 gets > >> ignored, as it should, when this information gets put into > the root > >> servers.] > >> > >> > >> > >> ---------- Original Message ---------- > >> > From: Ed McCorduck <Ed.McCorduck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> > Date: Sunday, July 11, 2004 06:20:00 AM -0400 > >> > Subject: RE: problems receiving e-mail to my server redux > >> > > >> >> -----Original Message----- > >> >> From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > >> >> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Cowles, Steve > >> >> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 6:24 PM > >> >> To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' > >> >> Subject: RE: problems receiving e-mail to my server redux > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Ed McCorduck wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks for your very detailed reply, Steve. I'll try to > >> dig through > >> >> > your mine of information as best as I am able, but > >> >> unfortunately it's > >> >> > mostly way over my head at the present state of my newbie > >> >> > knowledge. > >> >> > >> >> Ed, > >> >> > >> >> In short... > >> >> > >> >> 1) Your domain regsitration seems to be correct. i.e. The > >> recursion > >> >> from the root servers back to your name server is working. > >> >> > >> >> 2) Whats not working are queries to your name server; > >> which is listed > >> >> at 24.24.15.155. Is this the public IP address for your > firewall? > >> > > >> > For my home network, yes. It's the static IP address > >> assigned to me by > >> > my ISP, to which I am connected by a cable modem. The cable goes > >> > through my router, where the firewall is. > >> > > >> > > >> >> 3) The reply I got back from the above IP address was > an ICMP port > >> >> unreachable. This is usually caused by your firewall not being > >> >> properly configured for NAT'ing (port forwarding) to an > internal > >> >> RFC1918 address. In your case, 192.168.1.101 > >> >> > >> >> > At least I understand one of your questions, though, and > >> perhaps my > >> >> > answer can shed more light on the problem: > >> >> > > >> >> >> BTW: Is 192.168.1.101 possibly a host behind your firewall??? > >> >> > > >> >> > Yes, 192.168.1.101 is the IP address that I maintain for > >> my Linux > >> >> > computer, which houses my Web and e-mail (sendmail) servers. > >> >> > My firewall, which is an integral part of my Linksys router > >> >> for my home > >> >> > network, I set up through Port Forwarding to send all port > >> >> 25, 80 and > >> >> > 110 queries to this computer. > >> >> > >> >> As I suspected. Please note that DNS queries require udp > >> and tcp port > >> >> 53 to be port forwarded. You don't mention these ports above. > >> > > >> > O.K., I hadn't set port 53 to be forwarded to > 192.168.1.101, but I > >> > changed that but still any e-mail sent to me is > bouncing. BTW, by > >> > saying "these ports" in your question above, did you mean > >> that there's > >> > a separate port number for udp? All I saw on my router's > >> configuration > >> > screen was that port 53 was for "DNS." > >> > > >> > > >> > Ed McCorduck > >> > Department of English > >> > 117-A Old Main > >> > 753-2093 > >> > http://mccorduck.cortland.edu > >> > ICQ: http://mccorduck.cortland.edu/pager > >> > AIM: EdMcCorduck > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > redhat-list mailing list > >> > unsubscribe > >> mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?> subject=unsubscribe > >> > > >> > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > ---------- End Original Message ---------- > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?> subject=unsubscribe > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ---------- End Original Message ---------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
