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Re: [cobalt-users] MX record question / Raq4i
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] MX record question / Raq4i
- From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed Dec 19 23:36:22 2001
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
Lillith Lesanges wrote:
> > and MX records for each pointing towards www.xyz.com
>
> I -must- be missing something here. Why would you go to the effort of
> creating a mail.xyz.com and then point MX records to www.xyz.com? That
> seems particularly silly.
Multiple MX records are NOT for where you're pointing to, but rather
where you're pointing from. Thanks for bringing up this question; I now
realize that many list-readers are probably misunderstanding this.
As I've said a lot before DNS can be complex, it's the most important
service you've got, and I really think most people should be farming it
out. Of course I'm biased; I seel DNS services <smile>.
Jeff
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