MX Record

[Eric Ward]

Forgive the newbie 2nd question but would the following be valid?

@  	MX	10	mail.zzcompany.com.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Knowles [mailto:brad.knowles at skynet.be]
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 2:18 AM
To: Eric Ward; 'bind-users at isc.org'
Subject: Re: MX Record



At 1:48 AM -0400 7/26/01, Eric Ward wrote:

>  Does it matter where the mx record is located in the zone file? i.e. Can
it
>  be between two A records.

	No, it doesn't really matter.  It can be anywhere you want.

>  www	A	64.36.204.147
>  	MX	10	mail.zzcompany.com.
>  @	A	64.36.204.147

	However, in this case, you're using an MX record without 
specifying a label, and therefore it will pick up the last label you 
used as a default.  In this case, it *DOES* make a difference where 
you list the MX record.  Try putting an explicit label on the MX 
record, and it won't matter where you put it.

-- 
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles at skynet.be>

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