PGP problems

[Steve Lamb]

On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 06:56:01PM -0300, Trevor Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 14:45:50 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> >    Mail eXchange record.
 
> Thanks. And what exatly is a Mail eXchange record?

    Well, Alex covered the basics.  An MX record is where mail goes to for a
specific domain.  

{grey@teleute:~} nslookup
Default Server:  localhost
Address:  127.0.0.1

> set query=MX
> rpglink.com
> Server:  localhost
> Address:  127.0.0.1
>
> rpglink.com     preference = 10, mail exchanger = gigo.com
> rpglink.com     preference = 5, mail exchanger = smtp.rpglink.com
> rpglink.com     nameserver = ns1.rpglink.com
> rpglink.com     nameserver = gigo.com
> gigo.com        internet address = 209.0.55.69
> ns1.rpglink.com internet address = 209.178.54.157

    There are the MX records for rpglink.com.  The lower the number behind the
preference (often called cost) is the server given preference.  So here mail
first gets delivered to smtp.rpglink.com, failing that, gigo.com, failing
that, it is bounced after, oohhh, 5 days is average, as undeliverable.
 
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