authoritative records for MX records

[Barry Margolin]

In article <ab64a1$5msh$1 at isrv4.isc.org>,
Tan Chun Han/ITNOC/PBB/PBBG <tanch at publicbank.com.my> wrote:
>The thing is, the domain does not belong to us. Earlier today, i could
>still
>obtain the internet addr for the mx exchange intermittently. i believe some
>config
>have been changed @ ns1.sesb.com.my.
>
>pardon me for my ignorance, i'm using bind 8.2.3. if i were to add an mx
>record
>on our internal dns server, will it work? and how?

If the domain doesn't belong to you, you shouldn't add any records in the
domain to your server.  You should notify the owner of the domain that they
have configured it incorrectly, and they should change the MX record to
point to mars.sesb.com.my instead of mail.sesb.com.my.

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