An MX record loopback problem
Vitor Colaço
vitor.colaco at esdata.pt
Mon Aug 14 14:37:02 UTC 2000
Rookie wrote:
> It's very frustrated I just cannot find the answer of this problem.
dont despair, use the Force...:-)
> My BIND server(dns.abc.idv.tw) is also the primary POP3 server on
> abc.idv.tw
> So I set up the MX record as
>
> abc.idv.tw. IN MX 0 dns.abc.idv.tw.
>
> in order to cut down the E-mail address as ?????@abc.idv.tw but not
> ?????@dns.abc.idv.tw
> but it will cause MX loopback problem.
I have some doubts interpreting this paragraph. However, try this:
$ORIGIN abc.idv.tw.
IN MX 0 dns.abc.idv.tw.
$ORIGIN dns.abc.idv.tw.
IN MX 0 dns.abc.idv.tw.
Hmmm...is dns.abc.idv.tw. an A or a CNAME?
> It means BIND server cannot be the primary POP3 server on the same domain?
> or is there any other ways to solve this problem?
no prob with...been there, done that!
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