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+++ Anup Narayanan [linux-india] <29/10/01 20:06 +0530>:
> While specifying a MX record is it necessary that we have to specify a FQDN
> only or is it OK if we specify an ipaddress.

Bind, djbdns, whatever you use for DNS, an MX record must NEVER point to

[1] an IP
[2] a CNAME

> i.e. which is more correct
>             IN        MX   10 mail.test.com.
>                       (or)
>              IN         MX        10   212.9.8.21

The way to go is

test.com.       IN      MX      10      mail
                IN      MX      20      mail2.somewhere.else.
mail            IN      A               212.9.8.21

        -srs
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