my zone.conf file $TTL 86400 @ IN SOA @ andre.bunting.gmail.com. ( 42 ; serial (d. adams) 3H ; refresh 15M ; retry 1W ; expiry 1D ) ; minimum @ IN NS zimbra.chapmans.co.tt. nameserver IN A 10.0.0.6 #IP of zimbra.chapmans.co.tt mail IN MX 10 zimbra.chapmans.co.tt this is my named.conf zone "zimbra.chapmans.co.tt" IN { type master; file "/var/named/zimbra.chapmans.co.tt.zone"; allow-update { none; }; }; this is my resolv.conf search chapmans.co.tt nameserver 10.0.0.1 #IP of my firewall box nameserver 200.12.240.9 nameserver 80.255.35.181 this is my /etc/sysconf/network file NETWORKING=yes NETWORKING_IPV6=yes HOSTNAME=zimbra.chapmans.co.tt GATEWAY=10.0.0.1