dns service on OS X Snow Leopard Server

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Published on 2011-01-13T09:09:10Z Indexed on 2011/01/13 9:55 UTC
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Hello all,

I have a Mac Mini (1.83GHz, 1.5 RAM) with a fresh install of OS X Snow Leopard Server and I want to use it for DNS and web hosting.

What I have done so far is to go to the domain registrar and configure a new nameserver (ns.domain.tld) to point to my static IP. This Mac Mini is behind a DI-524 router and I have forwarded ports 53 and 80 to the Mini.

I have also added the domain name to the DNS configuration pannel (as in the attachment), but intodns.com gives the following error (among others, and obviously the site is not working): "Mismatched NS records WARNING: One or more of your nameservers did not return any of your NS records."

I don't know where to go from here ..

Thank you to anyone willing to take the time to give me a hint!!

seems that I can't post images but here's the link: http://i.imgur.com/zWI7Y.png

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