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

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

SM wrote:

> If we were to adhere strictly to the RFCs, then we wouldn't be accepting
> mail from most of these Cobalt boxes. :)

Not true at all.  The Cobalt boxes are RFC complaint for email if you
set them up properly.  Even DNS is RFC complaiant, it's just not well
explained.

> BTW, why did did you point the MX to domain.com?

The MX record must point the domain for receiving mail to a place that
can receive it.

For example, mail addressed to jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx is served by my
Cobalt RaQ.  If I had an A record for mail.nobaloney.net I could create
an MX record pointing to mail.nobaloney.net for incoming mail.  I could
also point to any other domain name with an A record for the same
physical machine, since once email gets to the machine it doesn't matter
what domain name was used to get it there.

I don't use mail.nobaloney.net, by the way.  I leave it as an exercise
for the reader to find out what I do use and why (hint: use nslookup
from your own RaQ).

Jeff
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