MX preference
D. Stussy
kd6lvw at bde-arc.ampr.org
Sat Sep 11 22:53:24 UTC 1999
On 7 Sep 1999 jdenz at my-deja.com wrote:
> Is a preference value required if there is only
> one mail server for a zone?
>
> ie; can it be:
>
> mx mail.mydomain.com
>
> or must it be:
>
> mx 10 mail.mydomain.com
>
> thanks,
>
> jonathan
The number must be present, but if there's only ONE MX RR for a host, the value
of the number is irrelevent. The number is used only for comparison among
various MX records.
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