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



Hi,
At 11:32 19-12-2001 -0800, Jeff Lasman wrote:
>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.

I left out the keywords "set them properly". :)

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

Shouldn't it point to the hostname?  Your example is correct btw as you
have an A record.

>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).

I'll do that for a fee. :)

Regards,
-sm