UNIX hosts and MX "best practice"
Nitin.K.
nitink at india.hp.com
Sun Jan 30 13:26:04 UTC 2000
hi,
I guess it is better to specify both as IN well as MX record if you are
going to it as mail exchanger it will simplify the address resolution.
If you intend to use it as mail exchanger then specifying as IN is
sufficient.
regards
nitin
"John H. Yates" wrote:
> What is considered "best practice" for UNIX hosts these days? To
> assign a UNIX host its MX record as itself, or to leave it unspecified?
>
> I've observed that it falls back to the A record if you don't bother
> specifying it, but it makes "nslookup" MX queries look "different" than
> I am used to, and I was just wondering what current "best practice" is.
>
> Thanks, John
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