Help re: MX record

Michael Voight mvoight at cisco.com
Mon Jun 7 18:05:46 UTC 1999



"E.W. Peter Jalajas" wrote:
> 
> Is this the place for a beginner to ask about the following?
> 
> I have MediaOne cable modem internet service.  It permits me to host a
> web server from my desktop.  I registered jalajas.com at InterNIC and
> registered my IP address (rarely changes) with granitecanyon.

How can you register the address if it "rarely changes"??
You should have a permanent address for this.

>  So,
> browser requests to jalajas.com load pages from my desktop webserver.
> My problem is:  how can I get mail sent to *@jalajas.com sent to my
> pre-existing me at mediaone.net email address?

You need a mail program on a machine that the MX record for jalajas.com
points to,  that points all addresses at jalajas.com to me at mediaone.
MX only will NOT do this.

Michael Voight



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