MX and DNS settings

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> 
> I queried ns1.dynamicweb.net, ns2.dynamicweb.net and media.metzgers.com, and
> I couldn't find any trace of an MX record pointing to pop.media.metzgers.com.
> Where are you getting this bogus data from?
> 
> 
> - Kevin

	It's there "dig mx media.metzgers.com".

	To answer the questions.
	MX records do not chain.
	Fix the MX records for media.metzgers.com like you did for
	metzgers.com. 

	Mark

> 
> Eric Leslie wrote:
> 
> > Found out some more problems with my situation. I am unsure if these are
> > contributing to my mail problem or not.
> >
> > I had the web hosting company remove the extra preference line after showin
> g
> > that it wasn't required. They finally agreed and that change was made this
> > afternoon. Anyway, I did a nslookup of ANY records for my mail server
> > (media.metzgers.com) and it came up with a listing of an additional TWO MX
> > records pointing to pop.media.metzgers.com. I assume that this isn't
> > correct.
> >
> > So, now, I have MX records on my MX records. The chain stops at
> > pop.media.metzgers.com but it opens up another alias to
> > www.media.metzgers.com at that level.
> >
> > So, instead of just having www.metzgers.com, metzgers.com, and
> > media.metzgers.com; I also have www.media.metzgers.com and
> > pop.media.metzgers.com.
> >
> > Does this MX record on an MX record sound like a problem? Or would it not
> > contribute to anything? In my mail server, the maillog file had a lot of
> > entries with problems with unable to get the canonical name of client, and
> > the problem with that may be that the canonical name was set at
> > www.media.metzgers.com, which isn't correct.
> >
> > Eric Leslie
> > InfoSys/New Media
> > Metzgers Printing & Prepress
> > ________________________________
> > E-mail: eric.leslie at metzgers.com
> > Website: www.metzgers.com
> > Phone: (419) 861-8611
> > Fax: (419) 861-3299
> 
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> 
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