Do I really need an MX record? (for e-mail to work)
MRJ InfoTech Admin
admin at mrjdesign.net
Thu Dec 22 03:05:02 UTC 2005
> > Having an MX and SPF record in place in the zone file will avoid any such
> > issues.
>
>Yes, I am looking into SPF records. Where / who hosts the data?
Well it seems to be working fine for you then. I don't know how because I
couldn't get anything from the three above mentioned hotmail, gmail and
yahoo when I didn't have MX records, and even without SPF record I couldn't
get them to relay to me.
As for the SPF, you host it with your MX records if you have any.
I doubt having SPF records will work unless you specify an MX
In the zone file you should add
@ MX 10 mail ; Mail for *@yourserver.com
@ MX 15 mail2 ; Mail for *@yourserver.com
@ TXT "v=spf1 a mx ip4:##.###.##.1 ip4:##.##.##.2" ; SPF
record for mail servers
Where ##.##.##.1 and 2 are the IP addresses to your mail servers.
but then again, there you have MX values back again.
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