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From: Joost Bekkers <joost@bps.jodocus.org>
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On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 06:51:02AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote:
> 
> The order in which things appear in the DNS config is important.  Generally,
> putting the MX record as the first record (after the SOA) works pretty well.
> 

Not true, order is irrelevant in dns. You can put your records in any order you want,
just make sure you use the correct name for the record.

freebsd.org.            3600    IN      SOA     NS0.freebsd.org. hostmaster.freebsd.org. 102051802 1800 900 604800 1800
freebsd.org.            3600    IN      NS      ns1.root.com.
freebsd.org.            3600    IN      NS      ns0.freebsd.org.
www.freebsd.org.        3600    IN      A       216.136.204.117
freebsd.org.            600     IN      MX      10 hub.freebsd.org.

is exactly the same as

freebsd.org.            3600    IN      SOA     NS0.freebsd.org. hostmaster.freebsd.org. 102051802 1800 900 604800 1800
freebsd.org.            600     IN      MX      10 hub.freebsd.org.
freebsd.org.            3600    IN      NS      ns1.root.com.
freebsd.org.            3600    IN      NS      ns0.freebsd.org.
www.freebsd.org.        3600    IN      A       216.136.204.117

-- 
greetz Joost
joost@jodocus.org

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