Preferences on A records

[Jim Reid]

>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Edwell <medwell at highwayone.net> writes:

    Matt> Does anyone know if preferences can be used for A records as
    Matt> they are for MX records?

Yes. Most people know that this is not at all possible with A records.
The SRV record can be used for this sort of thing -- and lots more
besides -- but it's not widely used, either by applications or DNS
administrators.