Thu, 22 Jun 2000 10:47:22 -0400
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On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:05:55 PDT, Joseph McDonald <[log in to unmask]> said:
> If Listserv doesn't like the above setup, your best route would probably be
> to make your A record with the name "listserv.uic.edu" (and if you still
> want "machine1.uic.edu" to be in existence, make that one your CNAME). Be
> sure to remove the MX record if you make "listserv.uic.edu" an A record.
Um. No. You *leave* the MX in there, as follows:
listserv.uic.edu. MX 0 listserv.uic.edu.
This way, a remote host mailing to you will *GET* the MX record
on the first DNS lookup (it is *REQUIRED* to do an MX lookup first).
Any reasonable DNS server will also tack the A record for the machine
into the 'additional info' field of the DNS reply. Thus, you get
the A record you actually want to send to on the FIRST query.
If you don't have an MX, then the remote site has to ask for the MX,
get a negative answer, and THEN ask for an A record.
Twice the DNS traffic. You don't want that.
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Valdis Kletnieks
Operating Systems Analyst
Virginia Tech
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