Search Again: Re: private MX record? From: andrew Date: Friday, July 13, 2001 Time: 5:10:11 am thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Men & Mice Support" <cbuxton@menandmice.com> To: "QuickDNS Talk" <quickdns-talk@lists.menandmice.com> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 5:09 AM Subject: Re: private MX record? > At 1:25 PM -0400 7/12/01, andrew wrote: > >Hi All: I have a domain I'm hosting which is using my main mailservers, so > >the MX records in theirdomain.com are pointing to mydomain.com: > >theirdomain.com MX 10 mail.mydomain.com > >theirdomain.com MX 20 mail2.mydomain.com > > > >If I want to set up a different mailserver for them (let's call it > >"localrouting") for a separate purpose (it will only be used for outgoing > >mail), do I need an MX for that server or just an A record? > > > >So I'd have: > >localrouting.theirdomain.com A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > > > >I don't want incoming mail directed to this server ever! > > Then you don't want an MX record. MX records are just for routing inbound mail. > ____________________________________________________________________ > Chris Buxton Men & Mice > cbuxton@menandmice.com We Make DNS Easy! >

Messages In This Thread: private MX record? by andrew on Jul 12, 2001 at 10:26:35 am Re: private MX record? by Men & Mice Support on Jul 13, 2001 at 3:31:19 am Re: private MX record? by andrew on Jul 13, 2001 at 5:10:11 am