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Re: DNS and MX records
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Elliston)
Mon Sep 16 02:37:58 1996
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 15:56:42 +1000 (EST)
From: Ben Elliston <bje@compucat.com.au>
Reply-To: ben.elliston@compucat.com.au
To: Izauddin Mohd Isa <izauddin@guru.polycyber.com.my>
cc: Andrea Di Mento <hoo@wms.it>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960916113235.28421A-100000@guru.polycyber.com.my>
On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Izauddin Mohd Isa wrote:
> > Mine is not a problem , just a doubt.
> > I 've implemented the DNS system on my network and everything
> > seems OK. My doubt is related just whit the MX records.
> > They seems like:
> > IN MX 100 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> > IN MX 150 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxy
^--- these should not
be IP addresses!
> Yes when xxx is down all the mails to your domain will go to xxy, and xxx
> comes up it won't automatically forwarded to it.
Provided the secondary mail host runs an MX capable sendmail :-)
Cheers,
Ben.
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Ben Elliston E-mail: ben.elliston@compucat.com.au
Compucat Research Pty Limited WWW: <http://www.compucat.com.au>
Fyshwick ACT Australia
