Re: multiple A records for the name of an MX

2009-02-27 Thread Wietse Venema
Some systems try only one IP address per MX record (per the RFC they assume that one name is one host; if one IP address is dead so will the others). Postfix does not distinguish between one MX record with many A records, or many equal-preference MX records with one A record. Wietse

multiple A records for the name of an MX

2009-02-27 Thread Gábor Lénárt
Hei, I'm about implementing mail infrastructure for receiving mails from the outside ("MX servers", they will run postfix). But now I have a question which more or less a generic one. I would like to minimalize the amount of information needed for a DNS zone to set up mail receiving through thes