Search Again: Re: MX Records From: Global Homes Webmaster Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 Time: 7:00:00 pm On 09.16.99 at 07:19, George A. Ruzzier Jr. wrote: > Hi, > > I was informed by a reliable source that on an MX record, that you > cannot just enter the IP address of the machine it points to in > Parameter 2, but instead, need to enter a domain name. > > Can anyone clarify this? What's not clear? To elaborate, though, it should be the _canonical_ name of the mail server -- that is to say, a name for which there is an A record. Using an alias (CNAME) of the mail server can cause problems for other mail servers trying to send mail to it. In general, the right-hand (data) portion of _any_ record (MX, CNAME, NS, etc.) should be a canonical domain name. Christopher Bort

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