Re: [cobalt-users] mx records for www???

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gerald Waugh wrote:

> I don't know if it is a good idea or not.
> No, we are not doing it.
> Our nameserver MX and associated 'A' records all look like this.
>           IN      A         111.222.333.441
> smtp    IN      A         111.222.333.441
> pop     IN      A         111.222.333.441
>           IN      MX      10 domain.com.
>           IN      MX      20 backup.com.

Please see my response a moment ago to Dan as for our rationale, and if
you'd comment, I'd appreciate it.

I'd also appreciate your comments on how you set up backup.com; we've
done it before, but have never been happy that we're doing it most
effectively.  I'd love to see someone else's ideas.

> We tell our clients to set their email client
> to smtp.domain.com to send mail and
> to pop.domain.com to receive their mail

Sounds good.  We tell them to set their clients to their own ISP's smtp
server to send email; it seems to result in less technical support as
more and more ISPs block direct access to other smtp servers besides
their own.

> We have been doing this since the RaQ2s and have
> many RaQ3s and RaQ4s, they are all done the same way.
> And there has never been a problem.

I didn't say there's a problem.  I said it's more efficient.

Jeff
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