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Re: [cobalt-users] Can I point a domain's MX record to an IP number?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Can I point a domain's MX record to an IP number?
- From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue Dec 12 00:09:57 2000
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
First Star Support wrote:
> I'm trying to change the DNS on my RaQ4 to point MX requests to an IP
> number, but the admin program won't allow me to make changes because it
> REQUIRES a host NAME. Is there any way around this?
Sure; create an A record pointing (for example) "mail" (without the
quotes) to the IP#, and then point the MX record to "mail" (again
without the quotes).
Jeff
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