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From: dan@dpcsys.com (Dan Busarow)
Subject: Re: DNS MX records?
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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 03:32:21 GMT
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kurt@pinboard.com wrote:
: mail.ser.ver, but is put in my mailbox at mymachine.my.net.work.  Can
: anybody tell me what I missed or misunderstood or mixed up? I need mail
: to @my.net.work AND @mymachine.my.net.work to be delivered to
: mail.ser.ver.

Some MTAs use A records instead of or as well as MX records.  Since
you can't fix them, you have to allow for them.  If you never want
mail delivered to mymachine then don't run the sendmail daemon (-bd).

You could also setup an alias that forwarded mail received by mymachine
back to your mail hub.

Dan
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 Dan Busarow
 DPC Systems
 Dana Point, California