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Re: tinydns and random order of MX Records

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Subject: Re: tinydns and random order of MX Records
From: Peter Conrad <conrad@tivano.de>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:00:23 +0100
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Hi,

Am Dienstag, 12. Dezember 2006 16:27 schrieb Andreas Schulze:
>
> http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/tinydns-data.html says
> "For versions 1.04 and above: tinydns returns addresses (from + or = or @
> or . or & lines) in a random order in the answer section. If there are more
> than 8 records, it returns a random set of 8."
>
> I could only reproduce the randomness for A-Records
> But I _NEED_ it for my MX-Records...

for me, the above reads like it returns *addresses* (i. e. A records)
in a random order, not every record created from + or = or @ or . or & lines.

> # dig @127.0.0.1 test.local MX +short
> gives me always all 10 MX-Servers for the domain in the _SAME_ order as
> specified in data file.

Supposing your goal is to load-balance between MX-servers of
equal priority - why don't you use a single MX name and a large 
number of A records for that name?

Bye,
        Peter
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