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Date:      Wed, 30 Apr 1997 01:46:24 -0500
From:      "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <sysop@mixcom.com>
To:        Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
Cc:        "Stephen A. Derdau" <sderdau@xtdl.com>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MX records
Message-ID:  <3.0.32.19970430014623.00b4e3a0@mixcom.com>

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At 03:51 PM 4/29/97 -0700, Dan Busarow wrote:
>In the /etc/namedb/db.domain zone file for this domain, add/change
>the MX records
>
>domain.com.	IN A your.ip.address.for.the.website
>			IN MX 10 the.fqdn.they.gave.you.
>			IN MX 20 the.other.fqdn.they.gave.you.
>
>repeat for www.domain.com

This is one you may wish to think about, as a lot of junk mail is sent to
www.<potential.victum> and is another reason why I block port 25 to all web
servers.

>NB. the dots at the end of domain.com. and the domains on the
>MX lines are important.  Make sure you include them.

Awww, but it make DNS so "interesting" without them.<jk>

>And make sure you increase the serial number in the SOA record.
>
>Also, take Josef's advice and get DNS and BIND.  If you are
>taking over DNS you'll need it, very well written (like all
>ORA books).

I'll 3rd the first and 2nd the second.  8-)


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Jeff Mountin - System/Network Administrator
jeff@mixcom.net

MIX Communications
Serving the Internet since 1990



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