Mail servers will get this info from the named files. So, if I am running a
named server within my domain, I have to have a MX record for each entry for
a machine.
-sam
>From: Philip S Tellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Changing MX record
>Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 00:46:36 +0000 (IST)
>
>On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, Satya wrote:
>
> > Talk to the new ISP, they should sort it out. Since you have no control
> > over the mx records, you can hardly be expected to update them, no?
>
>Actually, it was they that asked me to make the changes and inform them
>when it was done.
>
> > Isn't MX record part of the /var/named/named.* file?
>
>MX stands for Mail eXchanger. It is the server that takes care of the
>mail for a domain. Therefore, even though you send mail to a particular
>domain, its MX may be different and is the server that the mail will go
>to. All mail systems need to know this so that they send mail to the
>correct server.
>
>Philip
>
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