Oh, ok. I thought that trying the A record was a last-ditch attempt once every means of getting an MX record had failed. d.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Pier Fumagalli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 14 May 2002 13:55 > To: Jakarta General List > Subject: Re: is DNS ok? > > > "Danny Angus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 11:01:34 Request from 192.168.0.3 for MX-record for > jakarta.apache.org. > > 11:01:34 Sending request to ns.hyperreal.org. (209.133.83.22) for > > MX-record for jakarta.apache.org. > > 11:01:34 Reply from 209.133.83.22 about MX-record for > jakarta.apache.org.: > > 11:01:34 -> Answer: No Matching Records available. > > 11:01:34 -> Authority: SOA-record for apache.org. = ns.hyperreal.org. > > [2002041601] > > 11:01:34 Sending reply to 192.168.0.3 about MX-record for > > jakarta.apache.org.: > > 11:01:34 -> Answer: No MX-Records available for jakarta.apache.org. > > 11:01:34 -> Authority: SOA-record for apache.org. = ns.hyperreal.org. > > [2002041601] > > Yes, it is... MX is used to override an A record, for example > since we have > no A record for Apache.ORG, we have a MX record, but > jakarta.apache.org has > an A record (63.251.56.142), therefore, no problems with that... > > Pier > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
