HOSTS file configuration

[Steve]

Matthew Ross Walker wrote:

>Hans Fugal wrote:
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>>>I can't seem to find anything about the "traditional" order for a hosts 
>>>file.  If someone could, post one that would be great.
>>>Anyways thanks for the help.
>>>      
>>>
>>Well I don't know that there would be, but generally people do the SOA,
>>the A record for example.com (where example.com is your domain), and
>>then things like NS and MX records. Finally they do the hosts. There's
>>nothing magic about this though, it just happens to A) make more sense,
>>and B) allow you to use a few tricks that cut down on the typing.
>>
>>    
>>
>
>I typically do it in this order:
>
>SOA
>NS Records
>A Record for Domain
>MX Records
>Everything else, in alphabetic order
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So ideally it should look like this then?
$ttl 300
biocoin.com.    IN    SOA    ns1.biocoin.com. smorrey.gmail.com. (
            1126368331
            3000
            3600
            3000
            3000 )
ns1.biocoin.com.    IN    A    69.60.117.0
ns2.biocoin.com.    IN    A    69.60.117.0
biocoin.com.            IN    NS    ns1.biocoin.com.
biocoin.com.         IN    NS    ns2.biocoin.com.
biocoin.com.            IN    A    69.60.117.0
www.biocoin.com.    IN    A    69.60.117.0
biocoin.com.    IN    MX    1    mail.biocoin.com.
mail.biocoin.com.    IN    A    69.60.117.0