I installed a slave dns server with debian 8 and perfect setup. I got the master(debian7)/slave(debian8) working but when I try to view the slavezone file, it's looked as a hex file. When I view this file in notepad, the text is scrambled with strange characters. Here is an example viewing it on notepad. I removed the actual domain for privacy reasons and replaced it with the word domain. ----------------- V<¥õ _ Q€ domain <domain postmasterdomain x%Ê p€ :€ Q€ ' Q€ domain ^KÓæ 3 Q€ domain domain 7 Q€ domain maildomain 8 Q€ domain v=spf1 a mx ptr ~all ; Q€ mail _domainkeydomain v=dkim1 8 Q€ ftpdomain wwwdomain , Q€ maildomain ^KÓæ , Q€ ontwdomain P=ÀC + Q€ wwwdomain ^KÓæ --------- Thanks, Aurelius