DNS and Mail

Problem with dns and mail

[sunda]

Hello,

I got a problem with my dns-server and mailserver.

I am the host of 3 domains.
They are working correctly with www.mydomain.com, all three of them.
But when I try to use mydomain.com, with no subdomain, it doesn't seem to work that well.

another problem is that [e-mail] does not work.
I use MDaemon as mailserver.
I guess the problem is the same here, as I cannot use mydomain.com with no subdomain.

Any suggestions?
Any free guide how to set up the DNS server? :-)

Thanx in advance.

[bcc1234]

Make sure you have an A record for the zone itself.
And if the mail server is on another box, then add an MX record.

[sunda]

How exactly do I do that?

My zones are created as mydomain.com
Do you mean that my zone should be "com" and then I create a subdomain named mydomain?

Or how should I set the DNS up?

[bcc1234]

No, you should have records for the zone itself, and not just for hosts in the zone.

[sunda]

Ok, but how do I accomplish that?

[sunda]

This is how it is setup now..

DNS
- SERVER
- Forward Lookup Zones
- mydomain.com
- (same as parent folder) Start of Authority
- (same as parent folder) Name server
- * (Host)
- www (Host)

How should the correct configuration look like?

[bcc1234]

Add the records for the zone itself, just like the SOA and NS records you already have.

Check the docs for whatever name server software you are using.

[sunda]

Sorry,
Don't have a clue how to do that.

Anyone else know a solution?