MX Record: 2 records for the same computer name?

[David Botham]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
> Behalf Of Nico Kadel-Garcia
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 9:41 PM
> To: comp-protocols-dns-bind at isc.org
> Subject: Re: MX Record: 2 records for the same computer name?
> 
> Trandar wrote:
> 
> > What I am trying to accomplish is to have 2 MX records with
different
> > IPs for the same host.  I would like to know if this is possible?
If
> > I switch to the backup DSL line the exchange servers withh have
> > different IPs, I would still like mail to get through, but the MX

I think it is also important to remember that MX records point to
canonical names, not IP address.


Dave...

> > records will be still pointing to the main DSL line IPs.
> 
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