MX record IP address instead of hostnames

[Lear, Karen (Evolver)]

Thanks.  

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From: bind-users-bounces+karen.lear=uspto.gov at lists.isc.org [bind-users-bounces+karen.lear=uspto.gov at lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Eivind Olsen [eivind at aminor.no]
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 5:38 PM
To: bind-users at lists.isc.org
Subject: Re: MX record IP address instead of hostnames

Karen Lear wrote:

> Can anyone tell me why my MX record for the coop-uspto.gov domain are IP
> addresses instead of hostnames?
...
> Non-authoritative answer:
> coop-uspto.gov  mail exchanger = 5 151.207.128.23.coop-uspto.gov.
> coop-uspto.gov  mail exchanger = 5 151.207.128.22.coop-uspto.gov.

I can't, no. It looks fine enough when I check here (a bit odd to only
have a single nameserver, but that's beside the point).

[eivind at vimes ~]$ dig +short mx coop-uspto.gov
5 coop-mbxhc-1.coop-uspto.gov.
5 coop-mbxhc-0.coop-uspto.gov.
[eivind at vimes ~]$

Regards
Eivind Olsen


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