On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 14:32:57 +0200
> From: Tony Earnshaw <tony@???>
> To: djc@???, Exim <exim-users@???>
> Subject: Re: [EXIM] DNS
>
> Dave C. wrote:
>
> > If the mailservers didnt have IP's, how can you deliver mail for the
> > two customer domains to it?
>
> Just for the record, our backup MX is in another domain/zone. Of course
> it has an A record, but not in any of our zone files, only in its own.
>
It doesnt have to be in your zone file, as long as it is valid in the
global DNS system. Basically, whatever you put for the target of an MX
record has to be a valid/existant Internet hostname for some host that
has an IP address.
> Tony
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