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Date:      Fri, 24 Sep 1999 20:42:05 +0200
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Bruce Albrecht <bruce@zuhause.mn.org>
Subject:   Re: Why do FreeBSD mailing lists ignore MX preference?
Message-ID:  <19990924204205.A93825@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <14315.35085.935406.940824@celery.zuhause.org>
References:  <199909241014.MAA91015@gratis.grondar.za> <14315.35085.935406.940824@celery.zuhause.org>

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According to Bruce Albrecht:
> zuhause.mn.org  preference = 150, mail exchanger = minuet.skypoint.net
> zuhause.mn.org  preference = 100, mail exchanger = 205.215.217.178
                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is plainly wrong. You're not allowed to put IP addresses in MX
records. If you have a static address then you should have a PTR pointing to
your machine. Use that.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #74: Thu Sep  9 00:20:51 CEST 1999



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