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Des Lyle <dlyle at invalid.edu.easynews.com> wrote:
> Hi,

> I work for an ISP in the UK in the customer/technical support dept and just
> recently the whole dept has had to take a in-house test that encompassed
> product and technical knowledge based around our services, internet
> protocols and their functionality etc.

> One of the multiple choice questions was based on a incorrect DSN record
> that we had to identify. I got the question right as it was a MX record that
> was pointing to a IP address.

> However, one of my colleagues got the answer wrong due to his belief that it
> is now possible to point MX records to IP addresses based on the current
> version of BIND.

No, it's illegal, has always been, and is just lain wrong.

What's the problem of using a fqdn as RHS ?

> I readily admit that he is generally more technical than I am but I think he
> has got it wrong this time.

Most of us makes mistakes now & then.
RFC2181 might be of value 

> Can someone set the record (no pun intended) straight please.

> TIA,

> Des.



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