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Date:      Fri, 8 May 1998 13:24:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        George Vagner <vagner@spdc.ti.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: too many hops
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980508132300.28068H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199805070214.VAA09367@epcot.spdc.ti.com>

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On Wed, 6 May 1998, George Vagner wrote:

> where do i find my "mx records" and what do they do?

MX are Mail Exchanger records and are stored in the DNS.  The easiest way
to see them is to do

host hostname

The xxx.com mail is handled by ... line is the translation of an MX.  Make
sure they don't point in loops and you should be okay.  

> I need to fix this, my provider just notified me of it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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