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From: Bruce Albrecht <Bruce.Albrecht@fingerhut.com>
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To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Why do FreeBSD mailing lists ignore MX preference?
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Ben Smithurst writes:
 > Bruce Albrecht wrote:
 > 
 > > Non-authoritative answer:
 > > zuhause.mn.org  preference = 150, mail exchanger = minuet.skypoint.net
 > > zuhause.mn.org  preference = 100, mail exchanger = 205.215.217.178
 > 
 > "205.215.217.178." almost certainly does not have an address (A)
 > record. Mail exchangers must be host names, not IP addresses.

Unfortunately, I don't have control over the MX record.  When I asked
them to change it to my new static IP I gave them a valid PTR address
(FQDN) and the new static IP, and they used the static IP instead of
the FQDN.  I've asked them to correct it, now that I know that it's
wrong.


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