Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 09:49:04 -0500 From: Joe Guetler <joe@axiomadvertising.com> To: Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail novice needs help Message-ID: <3B17AB60.D8C2CBD9@axiomadvertising.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0105311516210.50482-100000@www.stelesys.com>
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I'm no expert on this subject, but when I set mine up, I added an IN A and an IN PTR record of my machine (ie servername.mydomain.com). I then used that in the MX record. I think that's the prefered way to do it. Joe Jim Freeze wrote: > > On Thu, 31 May 2001, Joe Guetler wrote: > > > If I remeber correctly (and someone will hopefully correct me if I > > don't), you shouldn't use a CNAME reference in a MX record. Point the > > MX record to something with an actual IN A entry. > > So, I should change: > > > > eadsa.com. IN MX 10 mail.eadsa.com. > > > *.eadsa.com. IN MX 100 mail.eadsa.com. ; GLOBALOK > > to > > > > eadsa.com. IN MX 10 eadsa.com. > > > *.eadsa.com. IN MX 100 eadsa.com. ; GLOBALOK > > ? > > ========================================================= > Jim Freeze > jim@freeze.org > --------------------------------------------------------- > No comment at this time. > http://www.freeze.org > ========================================================= > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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