Dave Sill wrote:

> AK <aktrader2@excite.com> writes:
>
>
>>not to contradict what Dave said in his reply, you can put an hostname
>>from the MX record, an A record, a Cname record or an IP.
>
>
> qmail-remote won't do an MX lookup on the name specified in an
> smtproutes entry. For example, an entry like:
>
> ornl.gov:ornl.gov
>
> Will route messages to www.ornl.gov (160.91.4.30), not one of ORNL's
> mail exchangers (emroute[1-4]):
>
> $ dnsmx ornl.gov
> 10 emroute2.cind.ornl.gov
> 10 emroute3.ornl.gov
> 10 emroute4.ornl.gov
> 10 emroute1.cind.ornl.gov
> $ dnsip ornl.gov
> 160.91.4.30
> $
>

Hi Dave,

I did not mean to suggest that it would.
I was referencing the hostname that is referenced as responsible for
email in an MX record.
ornl.gov. in MX 10 emroute2.cind.ornl.gov.

qmail-remote will perform MX lookups such that there is no need for an
entry for the domain in the smtproutes table. The sole purpose of an
smtproutes table is to statically direct the email traffic for the host
entry.

AK