funky result when I do an nslookup for the MX record

Pete Ehlke pde at ehlke.net
Tue Jul 16 19:02:10 UTC 2002


On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 10:55:40AM -0700, Colin wrote:
> 
> server for a week of so.  I created records for the web server and it
> works fine.  I created a MX record for the mail server but get a funky
> result when I do an nslookup for the MX record:
> 
> > set q=mx
> > sspca.org
> Server:  66.134.44.139
> Address:  66.134.44.139
> 
> sspca.org       preference = 0, mail exchanger = smtp.quicknet.net
> sspca.org       nameserver = nicholas.sspca.org
> nicholas.sspca.org      internet address = 66.134.44.139
> 
> Notice there is no address for smtp.quickent.net.
> 
You didn't ask for one. You asked for the MX record for sspca.org, which
is what you got.

-Pete


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