MX Record question...

Barry Finkel b19141 at achilles.ctd.anl.gov
Mon Jul 23 13:40:45 UTC 2001


Dave <meliorasf at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Current Setup:
>
>I am using BIND version 9.1.0 to serve a domain name, let's call it
>"domain.com."  I have an MX record in my zone file for domain.com,
>whcih points to the IP address of my mail server for that domain.

Without answering Dave's question (which I did not include), I 
will comment that an MX record must point to a nodename, not an IP
address.
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