odd MX record creating wording and results.

[kollross]

Versions
NetBox Version: 4.0.1
NetBox DNS Version: 1.0
Python Version: 3.10.12

Describe the bug
When creating MX records (unmanaged), unclear about what information goes into the Name field (which is required) . Putting something like "mx.mydomain.com", produces something like this in the BIND file "mx.mydomain.com.mydomain.com 86400 IN MX 100 mx.mydomain.com.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to 'Zones'
2. Click on 'Add new record'
3. Something in Name field.

Expected result
Unclear of what format it should be in.

Actual result

[peteeckel]

Hi @kollross,

• The name of the MX record is usually the name of the domain itself, i.e. the empty label @. YMMV, but that should be correct in the majority of the cases.
• A label without a trailing dot . is interpreted as relative to the domain name, i.e. mx.mydomain.comwould be interpreted as mx.mydomain.com.mydomain.com if you add it to the zone mydomain.com. Usually not what you want :-)
• Even if, the mx.mydomain.com would almost certainly be wrong, as you usually don't want to define an MX for the domain mx.mydomain.com but for mydomain.com.
• All of this is standard DNS functionality, so it's not an issue :-)

So, the correct entry would be:

@    IN    MX    10    mx1.mydomain.com.

or

mydomain.com.    IN    MX    10    mx1.mydomain.com.

[kollross]

The @ was the missing piece of the puzzle. The title "Name" is somewhat vague on what information is actually needed for that line.

[peteeckel]

Maybe you're right, but that's unfortunately the way it is named throughout all of the relevant RFCs, so giving it a different name would have been even more confusing ...