Multiple MX records, how do they work?

[Kevin Darcy]

Brad Knowles wrote:

> At 2:33 AM +0000 3/30/01, Ray wrote:
>
> >  Could someone give an explanation on how multiple MX records work?
>
>         According to the page at
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dns3/toc.html>, this is covered in
> chapter 5:
>
>                 5. DNS and Electronic Mail
>                       MX Records
>                       What's a Mail Exchanger, Again?
>                       The MX Algorithm

See also, RFC 974 (but ignore the references to WKS records, which are
obsolete).


- Kevin