On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Timothy Wilson wrote: > 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? yes. isd197.org. IN MX 5 teachers.isd197.org. IN MX [10|15|etc] isd197.k12.mn.us. IN MX 5 teachers.isd197.org. students.isd197.org. IN MX 5 students.isd197.org. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500