Re: [cobalt-users] Can I point a domain's MX record to an IP number?

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, 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?

ftp://ftp.is.co.za/rfc/rfc2181.txt

The domain name used as the value of a NS resource record, or part of
   the value of a MX resource record must not be an alias.
...
This
   domain name must have as its value one or more address records.
   Currently those will be A records...
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Simple version...the target of an MX record is a string, an IP address is
a bit of binary data...you can't put an IP address in a MX record...