On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 17:35:16 +0100 (BST) M A Young <m.a.young@durham.ac.uk> wrote: # What is being discussed here is whether there has to be an A record # if # there is an MX record with the same name, and I don't believe there # is anything in the RFCs that requires that. # # The reason why many mail domains (eg. redhat.com) happen to have an # A # record of the same name is to do with lazy web address typing - # redhat.com is a CNAME for www.redhat.com, not mx1.redhat.com - but # this is a relatively recent phenomenon in internet history. Correct. the A record does not have to be the same name as the domain. You can have an MX record for domainbar.com, that points to "mx2.domainfoo.com". They aren't even the same domains, but as long as the MX record points to a valid A record, things should be happy. -- Jesse Keating j2Solutions.net Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
