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Re: [change@db.debian.org] set up MX record



On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 11:28:03PM +0200, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> Currently I can only set up A and CNAME with debian.net domain.

Wrong.

1. mx records cannot be IP addresses, they must be hostnames
2. mx records have a priority which must be specified
3. any mailer not working without MX records is broken and should be fixed.

> mentors in mx 212.12.58.102
> mentors in mx some.hostname.com.

mentors in mx 0 main.mail.example.com.
mentors in mx 5 backup.mx.example.com.

-- 
Ryan Murray, Debian Developer (rmurray@cyberhqz.com, rmurray@debian.org)
The opinions expressed here are my own.

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