MX Records

[Michael Voight]

Sorry, forgot the preference value in the MX record.

:)

Michael

Michael Voight wrote:
> 
> You can have
> 
> mysite.com. in a 1.2.3.4
> mysite.com. in mx mysite.com.
> 
> Michael
> 
> Barry Trottier wrote:
> >
> > Why are MX Records needed?
> >
> > Can your site not receive mail without them?
> >
> > Also, how can they be set up if you only have 1 IP address for your computer
> > + site (ie the IP of the computer is the IP of the site).  It seemed by
> > reading info on MX Records that they sent mail to a machine and it seemed
> > that the machine needed to be an 'A' record and therefore have a different
> > IP from the actual mysite.com IP.
> >
> > Am I missing something here?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.