PGP problems

[Brian Morrison]

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On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 18:38:42 -0300, Trevor Smith wrote:

>Guys, what is "MX"? I had an error with an SMTP server for a while,
>noted that my MX record couldn't be resolved but my local ISP's tech
>support didn't have a clue what MX was.
>
>MX would seem to refer to a nameserver, but I can't imagine what the
>acronym could be.

Mail eXchanger, a machine that is always available if you have dialup
access and are not personally on line all the time, or a machine that
is a lower priority than your normal mail host to cater for outage.


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Brian Morrison                                  bdm@fenrir.org.uk

 "Almost noon, and she had yet to go the launderette in Concreton to 
 thaw out chickens in the spin-drier..."

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