In article <mailman.585.1288263412.555.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>, Tony Finch <d...@dotat.at> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, Gregory Machin wrote: > > > > My question is why would "IN MX 10 mcvpemr01" and "IN MX > > 10 mcvpemr02" be repeated trough the zone file surely this is > > redundant ? > > Some hostmasters like to ensure that mail is not directed to hosts that do > not listen on SMTP. They prefer misdirected mail to be rejected > immediately rather than waiting days for the sending system to time out. > Some of my colleagues have this setup on the zones they manage > (eng.cam.ac.uk and cl.cam.ac.uk). But configuring MX records won't necessarily accomplish this. It will cause mail for all these hosts to be delivered to mcvpemr01 or mcvpemr02. -- Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
