On Friday 19 March 2004 13:31, geeta@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Now my qn is can the email server be given the private IP or should > it also have public IP natted to private IP > > present entry in named.hosts > > IN MX 100 www.cdfd.org.in. > cdfd.org.in In A 210.212.212.3 > > Now I want to change to > > IN MX 100 mail.cdfd.org.in > mail.cdfd.org.in IN A ? > > ? --> can be a private IP or not > > Think about it for a minute. If you plugged a private address into your public DNS MX record and some other mail server tried to use it, what would happen if that other mail server had a connection to its own private network that contained the same private address? Regards, Mike Klinke -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list