Sv: MX entry in DNS

[Gert Juul Thomsen]

Barry Margolin <barmar at bbnplanet.com> skrev i en
nyhedsmeddelelse:Es8D3.958$m84.26813 at burlma1-snr2...
> In article <37DB7C34.55485B1F at gmx.de>, Thomas Ludwig  <mat02eh at gmx.de>
wrote:
> >I'm afraid, it's a stupid question... but:
> >
> >I know that the MX (Mail eXchange) entry points to mail-servers, e.g.
> >servers offering smtp.
> >But I don't know what the use of these entries is. Which program(s)
> >use(s) it?
> >It least our smtp-server doesn't need the MX entry (but needs a
> >'mailhost'-entry).
> >
> >Could someone please enlighten me?
>
> It's used by the mail delivery software at *other* sites, to know how to
> send mail to your domain.
>
> It's not required, an A (Address) record will also work.  MX records are
> used when you want mail for a domain to go to a different host than the
> address of the domain itself (e.g. if you want company.com to point to the
> same address as www.company.com, but mail for user at company.com should go
to
> mail.company.com).
>
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> Barry Margolin, barmar at bbnplanet.com
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