Search Again: Re: MX chains? From: Men & Mice Support Date: Thursday, June 8, 2000 Time: 12:52:58 pm At 12:42 PM -0400 6/8/00, Stonewall Ballard wrote: >This may be a bit OT. If so, I apologize. > >Can someone tell me what happens if there's a chain of MX records? >For example, domain A has an MX record for host B, but B has a high >priority MX record for host C and a low priority MX record for >itself. Like this: > >A MX 10 B >B MX 10 C >B MX 20 B > >Is it possible for mail being sent to A to be handled by C? MX records aren't supposed to chain. If you want mail for A to be handled by C, but don't want to code in the same two MX records, you may be able to use a CNAME record instead. A CNAME B This gives A all the same properties as B, including MX records. Note that you can't do this if there are any other records named A, or if either of a couple of other conditions are true. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com Makers of: QuickDNS Pro

Messages In This Thread: MX chains? by Stonewall Ballard on Jun 8, 2000 at 9:43:40 am Re: MX chains? by Men & Mice Support on Jun 8, 2000 at 12:52:58 pm Re: MX chains? by Stonewall Ballard on Jun 8, 2000 at 2:33:43 pm