You're right - it is "special" - it's broken. MX Records are supposed to
point to a FQDN - I'm sure there's an iMail KB article about this, but
can't recall the number. There's even more info about it in O'Reilly's
DNS & Bind. Read it.
/wiZZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Jaggi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 15 March 2000 06:38
Subject: [IMail Forum] DNS Problem ?
> Hi Guys
>
> I have here a problem with Mail to another Provider. I think his DNS
looks
> special...
>
> His MX points to a IP Address, but IMail delivers to the A Record of
the
> zone name.
>
> 03:15 11:07 SMTP-(000000C1) Trying moorhauser.ch (0)
> 03:15 11:07 SMTP-(000000C1) Connect moorhauser.ch [157.161.105.79:25]
(2)
>
> Here are the entries I found in DNS:
>
> moorhauser.ch, A, 157.161.105.79
> moorhauser.ch, NS, ns2.cybernetic.ch
> moorhauser.ch, NS, ns3.cybernetic.ch
> moorhauser.ch, SOA, ns1.cybernetic.ch, postmaster.moorhauser.ch
> moorhauser.ch, HINFO, PC, Linux
> moorhauser.ch, MX, 5, 157.161.105.117
> Additional Records Section:
> ns2.cybernetic.ch, A, 157.161.105.13
> ns3.cybernetic.ch, A, 157.161.105.14
>
> Waht's the problem ? Imail or the DNS ?
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