>I have tried and successfully used the host file if I don't want to IMail 
>to send to the A DNS record.  Find a correct MX record for earthlink and 
>put it in the hosts file.  IMail looks here first and if it finds the 
>domain here it doesn't do a DNS lookup.  That should work.  I have several 
>domains that I handle this way (about half dozen).

yes, in the "name resolution process", the Win32 search is hosts file then DNS.

>Downside:  If earthlink changes it's MX record you have to manually make 
>the change to the hosts file as well.

yep. you're hardwiring the MX (and only one of them) for that domain.

Len

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