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Date:      Sat, 5 Sep 1998 15:26:40 +0800 (WST)
From:      Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>
To:        Leif Neland <leifn@internet.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-isp <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: something wrong with our dns? Some servers can't send mail to a client.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02.9809051525020.22240-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <MAPI.Id.0016.006569666e2020203030303530303035@MAPI.to.RFC822>

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On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Leif Neland wrote:

> We are the isp for a client which we hold mail for.
> The mx records are
> client.dom	mx	50 mail.client.dom
> client.dom	mx	100 mail.our.dom

Ummm, this should read:

client.dom	mx	50	mail.client.dom.
client.dom	mx	100	mail.our.dom.

Otherwise, you'll find the domain appended again, if there is no trailing
period.

> client.dom doesn't have an ip-adress, only the mx'es shown above.

Does the MX host itself have an "A" record in DNS?

Regards,

d.

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| Dean Hollister,           | dean@mushka.ml.org        |
| Perth, Western Australia. | dean@wa.apana.org.au      |
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