MX records

[Cricket Liu]

Karyn Williams wrote:
> All mail send to this domain should go to muse.calarts.edu. From what
> I have read MX records are only for mail addressed to one host/domain
> to be forwarded to another. Is there any reason to have the MX record
> pointing to the addressed host (1) ?
> 
> calarts.edu.    IN      A       198.182.157.5
>                 IN      MX 0    muse
> ;
> ;
> ;
> ; IP block 198.182.157.0 through 198.182.157.255
> ;
> www.calarts.edu. IN     CNAME   muse
> indy1           IN      MX 0    muse
> muse            IN      A       198.182.157.5
>                 IN      MX 0    muse             <---------------(1)

Only if you expect, or want to allow, people to address mail
to <user>@muse.calarts.edu.

cricket

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