Re: [cobalt-users] MX record question / Raq4i

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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Thurman" <dthurman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] MX record question / Raq4i


> on 12-17-01 3:35 PM, Bruce Timberlake at bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx was
> reported to have made a statement that said this:
>
> > Jeff Lasman wrote:
> >>
> >> While your second statement IS true, your first isn't.  Because the
> >> Internet sees "domain.com" as a completely different domain than
> >> mail.domain.com, each is a "domain" and each needs a primary MX record.
> >>
> >> Because many smtp servers will default to using an A record if there's
> >> NO MX record for a domain doesn't mean all will, and doesn't mean you
> >> shouldn't have those MX records.  Each of these MX records will be seen
> >> as completely independent.
> >>
> >> So yes, you should have the following MX records:
> >>
> >>  domain.com.      IN      MX      30      domain.com.
> >>  mail.domain.com. IN      MX      30      domain.com.
> >>  www.domain.com   IN      MX      30      domain.com.
> >>

so what's wrong with three A records for mail. ftp. www. and one MX for
mail.???