MX Record on Linux 9 Question

phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Wed Feb 11 06:54:45 UTC 2004


tnaves at linkwest.net wrote:

> I set up a dns server on a Linux 9 box using the DNS Tool.  When I add an
> MX record it creats it in a weied way.
> You cannot just add an mx record, you have to edit the properties of an
> existing host to ad the mx record.  Having used the dns tool, I can't add
> the mx record by editing the zone file. 

> The dns tool makes it like this:

> mail	IN	MX	10	mail.mydomain.com 	#mail being the
> name of my mail host 

> instead of like this:


> 	IN	MX	10	mail.mydomain.com

> Has anyone done this using the DNS tool?  Do you have any suggestions?
> Would the above render the mx record unusable?

> Regards,

> Tom Naves

Don't use "DNS Tool", it's broken ( and even if it worked it will not save any time
it just increases entropi and general confusion)




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