Hey everyone,

Interestingly, it turns out that domains such as isd197.k12.mn.us are
a complete mystery and thoroughly unmemorable to the average computer
user. As a result, it's nearly impossible to tell someone that our Web site
is www.isd197.k12.mn.us and have them remember it without writing it down.

The good news is that I've convinced our head network geek to buy isd197.org
and move our email and URLs to that domain. :-)

Here's the question:  We're considering giving students email accounts, but
our sysadmin doesn't want them on the same GroupWise server that the staff
uses. He plans to use a simple non-GroupWise NetWare SMTP package. I
suggested that we give the students an email account like
654321 at students.isd197.org.

Can we set an MX record for isd197.k12.mn.us and isd197.org pointing to the
same IP address along with an MX record for students.isd197.org pointing to
a different IP address? How should we approach this?

-Tim

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