From owner-freebsd-current Fri Sep 24 13:14: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B42E14E0C for ; Fri, 24 Sep 1999 13:14:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.9.3/frmug-2.5/nospam) with UUCP id WAA18557; Fri, 24 Sep 1999 22:13:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix, from userid 101) id 9294A8711; Fri, 24 Sep 1999 20:42:05 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 20:42:05 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Bruce Albrecht Subject: Re: Why do FreeBSD mailing lists ignore MX preference? Message-ID: <19990924204205.A93825@keltia.freenix.fr> Mail-Followup-To: current@FreeBSD.ORG, Bruce Albrecht References: <199909241014.MAA91015@gratis.grondar.za> <14315.35085.935406.940824@celery.zuhause.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <14315.35085.935406.940824@celery.zuhause.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT/ELF ctm#5593 AMD-K6 MMX @ 200 MHz Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG According to Bruce Albrecht: > zuhause.mn.org preference = 150, mail exchanger = minuet.skypoint.net > zuhause.mn.org preference = 100, mail exchanger = 205.215.217.178 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is plainly wrong. You're not allowed to put IP addresses in MX records. If you have a static address then you should have a PTR pointing to your machine. Use that. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #74: Thu Sep 9 00:20:51 CEST 1999 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message