From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 21 12:41:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA18706 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:41:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA18672 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:41:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA09539; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:40:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:40:43 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199809211940.MAA09539@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, zhwpeng@stc.sh.cn Subject: Re: how to config MX resource record? In-Reply-To: <01BDE56C.F2FF7AE0@ws2.stc.sh.cn> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >From: Peng ZhengWen >Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 14:30:34 +-800 >How to config MX resource record in named data file?(FreeBSD 2.25) Doesn't depend on the release of FreeBSD: alpo IN MX 64 alpo IN MX 100 whistle IN A 207.76.206.1 That defines 2 MX records for "alpo" -- one (preference 64) pointing to itself, and one (preference 100) pointing to a backup system. The MX records are sorted by preference values (in increasing order); the first one that responds & accepts the mail gets it (as a brief, oversimplified sketch). For more details, see the O'Reilly _DNS and BIND_ book (I read that there's a 3rd edition out now). david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message