MX function of DNS

[edwardspl at ita.org.mo]

Tim wrote:

>On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 08:07 +0800, edwardspl at ita.org.mo wrote:
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>>How can we move the mails from Server A to Server B with MX records of
>>DNS ? Is there an sample for reference ? 
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>MX records for a domain simply says what servers will accept mail for
>you, with priorities.  It's up to those servers to move messages from
>one place to another.
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>e.g. When you try to mail johndoe at something.example.com, the MX records
>for example.com are looked up to see what mailserver handles the domain.
>It may be just one server, it may have a list.  It tries the one with
>highest priority, first.  Then the next, if it has to.  And so on.  If
>one of your fallback servers accepts your mail instead of the prime one,
>that server has to deal with passing the mail onto where *you* check
>your inbox.
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Hello Tim,

Do you means the MX function can't to help to move mails from Server A
to Server B, right ?

Edward.
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