[rbldnsd] This should be simple but

[Marc Perkel]

Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Marc Perkel wrote:
>>
>> Michael Tokarev wrote:
>>> Marc Perkel wrote:
>>>> I must be missing something. On a dnset list I can define hosts 
>>>> with no problem. But how do I set an IP address for the base? For 
>>>> example lets say I have a list rbl.example.com as a dnset list.
>>>>
>>>> host :2:
>>>>
>>>> So if I look up host.rbl.example.com it will return 127.0.0.2
>>>>
>>>> But - what if I want to return 65.49.42.100 for rbl.example.com - 
>>>> how do I do that?
>>>
>>> host    :65.49.42.100:text
>>>
>> I think you misunderstood my question. I know how to set the IP for 
>> host.rbl.example.com. What I want to know is how to set an IP for 
>> rbl.example.com .
>
> Yes indeed, I misundrestood you.
>
> But what you're asking is not supported.  You can't have an IP/TXT
> records for the base zone itself, at least not in dnset or ipset or
> other *set datasets.  This is a protection against mistakes, sort of.
> You can, however, add generic dataset to the mix, and there you can
> add A record for the base zone.
>
>

It would be handy if you supported @ for the base name. Can you give me 
an example of the generic entry?