Re: [webmin-l] DNS Text records

[Steve C. <cam...@cn...>]

You're absolutely right John!

Thanks,

I have since responded to myself  indicating what you have posted, but there 
is still a problem whereas Webmin does not indicate any TXT records when 
entered as you describe (and I have done). This was the confusing part, I 
guess.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hinton" <web...@ew...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] DNS Text records


> Steve Campbell wrote:
>> I'm a little confused about adding an SPF record for one of my domains. 
>> Since this has quoted text in it, I'm not sure if I am entering the text 
>> part properly.
>>
>> When I create the record, and copy the text part of the recommended TXT 
>> record from the form at pobox(?) into the text field, Webmin adds the '\' 
>> character at the beginning and end of the line.
>>
>> The original text part of the record looks like this when I added it 
>> manually to the zone file:
>> "v=spf1 mx a:trinadad.cnpapers.net ~all"
>>
>> This is not recognized by Webmin
>>
>> The inserted record, when using Webmin to add it, appears as:
>> "\"v=spf1 mx a:trinadad.cnpapers.net ~all\""
>>
>> Are these proper and equivalent?
> Looks to me like you copied and pasted the line from pobox with the quotes 
> around it.. and it looks like Jamie has the dns module set to add those 
> for you, therefore, you're seeing the escaped quotes... the /" which is 
> trying to escape what you input. Try inputting it without the quotes.
>
> John Hinton
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Steve Campbell
>> cam...@cn...
>> Charleston Newspapers
>>
>>
>>
>>
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