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Re: Possible MX Lookup/Ordering Issue

gordanbobich.net
Date: Thu Nov 01 2007 - 08:56:16 CDT


On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Jorey Bump wrote:

> gordanbobich.net wrote, at 11/01/2007 09:35 AM:
>
>> One thing that could be causing it is that I am, unfortunately, relying on
>> a partially broken PowerDNS setup
>
> Isn't "partially broken" like "partially pregnant"? Try against a working DNS
> setup and see if that makes a difference. This could be a simple case of
> garbage in, garbage out.

The MTA should try the MX-es in the correct order, regardless of whether
the Additional section contains the high priority MX information or not.
If that takes a second look-up specifically for the high priority MX, so
be it.

Gordan