Maarten Wiltink wrote:
> "Alasdair Campbell" <news@alasdaircampbell.com> wrote in message
> news:5qg2auFvqrjsU1@mid.individual.net...
>
>> My domains all have CNAME aliases for 'www' pointing to my dynamic ip
>> (dyndns hostname). I have no A records as I have no static IP to point
>> them to.
>>
>> Will this cause problems in the long run with MTAs?
>
> It shouldn't. But the A record is a red herring. An MTA will look for
> an MX (mail exchanger) record first. It points to a hostname that will
> accept mail to that domain, and while the host should know about mail
> to your domain, its name may be in another domain.
>
> A domain may have several MXs, with all the opportunities and problems
> that implies.
>
> Groetjes,
> Maarten Wiltink
>
>

Hi Maartan,

My situation is I have my MX records pointing to the google apps email
service. Are you saying that because I see mention of an A record, the
MTA is not yet seeing the MX records?

On this domain the TTS is 0, so I presume most NS have had chance to
pick up the changes.

best,
Alasdair