Re: DNS & MX resolution

by Jeff Nelson <nelsonj(at)telocity.com>

Date:	Tue, 22 May 2001 20:15:58 -0400
To:	"Charlton, Mark" <Mark.Charlton(at)saint-gobain.com>
Cc:	hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
In-Reply-To:
	todo: View Thread, Original

Mark,

If I recall correctly (has been a couple of years since I have had to deal 
with this) you need to point your MX records to your sub-domain: 
crystar.saint-gobain.com

If anyone discovers that I have recalled incorrectly, please let me know.

Have a great day!
Jeff

At 08:52 AM 5/22/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a domain defined with many records, including MX.  (Domain:
>saint-gobain.com)
>
>I have a machine defined within that as a web server.  (Subdomain:
>crystar.saint-gobain.com & www.crystar.saint-gobain.com)
>
>I want to send an email to webmaster(at)crystar.saint-gobain.com.  My question
>is that do I require an MX record on the crystar.saint-gobain.com entry, (in
>addition to the existing A record), so that the email will be routed
>correctly, or does the existing MX record for the primary domain,
>(saint-gobain.com), cascade down to the sub-domains defined below it.

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