; Nameserver info for FIDONET.ORG domain
;
; -------------------------------------------------------------------
;
; A copy of the DNS file is always available via:
;   From the Internet:
;	ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/info/fidonet.dns
;
;   From FidoNet:
;     FidoNet File-Request:
;	from 1:13/10 for magic-name DNS -or-
;	target an Update-Request for FIDONET.DNS
;
; -------------------------------------------------------------------
;
;	How to Read the information in the DNS File:
;	-------------------------------------------
;
; The leftmost column contains either the SITENAME or the wildcard
; pattern for the Net.
;
; The 2nd column is *always*  "IN".
;
; The 3rd column contains either:
;	NS = Nameserver Record
;		in which case it is followed by the
;		Fully-Qualified-Domain-Name of the IP machine
;		which is delegated "Authority" for the subdomain
;		named in Column 1.
;	A  = Address Record
;		followed by the "dotted quad" IP address of the
;		hostname referred to in Column 1.
;	CNAME = "Canonical Name"
;		followed by the FQDN of the *real* name of the
;		machine being referred to.  It tells the DNS what to
;		lookup and substitute.
;	MX = Mail Exchanger
;		followed by a precedence number and the name of
;		the machine where this host's mail should be sent.
;		This indicates the IP-connected machine that MAIL is
;		to be sent to which the gateway named in column 1
;		is connected to, or which *does* know how to get
;		Mail to the gateway/host named in column 1.
;		This *must* be the *real* name of the machine (the
;		one which it's SMTP-daemon answers as) and cannot
;		point to a CNAME record.
;		There may be multiple MX records, in which case they
;		are tried in order of precedence.  The MX-records
;		also tell the higher numbered MX-receivers that
;		they are to forward the mail ONLY to the lower numbered
;		MX-receivers, and NOT to try to "talk to itself".
;		The real entries for the MX-receivers *must* have
;		an 'A' record and cannot point to a hostname which
;		itself is only referred to with MX-records.
;
; Comments:
;	Everything following a semi-colon is a comment.
;	For the gateway SITEnames, the FidoNet Node Number of the
;	gateway host is usually behind a semi-colon (it is for
;	information only and is NOT part of the DNS mechanism).
;	For the wildcard MX-records for the Nets, I usually have
;	the SITEname of the gateway which the MX-receiver forwards
;	to behind the semi-colon.
;
;
; ================================================================
;
;   Each Net which has a gateway has a wildcard MX-record.
;   The IP site which the mail is directed to is expected to have
;   installed the sendmail or smail rules necessary to queue
;   ALL mail for  *.nNET.z#.fidonet.org  for pickup by the
;   appropriate gateway site.
;
;   A wildcard MX-record is maintained for each Zone, so that
;   there is always a "default" gateway for any new Nets which
;   are placed in the Nodelist by the *C's.
;
;   At present, the Zone-1 "default" MX points to fidonet.fidonet.org,
;   which queues mail for gating by 1:1/31.
;   This catches all addresses in Zone-1 which do NOT otherwise
;   have an MX-record for the Node or Net.
;
;   IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT ZONE-1 WILL CEASE TO HAVE A "DEFAULT"
;   GATEWAY IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.  THERE IS NO WAY THIS SITE CAN
;   HANDLE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC COMING THRU FOR ZONE-1 AT THE
;   CURRENT LEVELS.
;
;   Where possible, the gateway sitename is shown as a Comment
;   behind a semi-colon after the MX-record.
;
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