MX record (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "MX record" in English language version.

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22web.archive.org

1^st place

1^st place

low place

low place

11neohapsis.com

low place

low place

11rfc-editor.org

747^th place

325^th place

2^nd place

2^nd place

731^st place

625^th place

low place

low place

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Craig Partridge (January 1986). MAIL ROUTING AND THE DOMAIN SYSTEM. IETF. doi:10.17487/RFC0974. RFC 974. Retrieved 18 November 2011. For each MX, a WKS query should be issued to see if the domain name listed actually supports the mail service desired. MX RRs which list domain names which do not support the service should be discarded. This step is optional, but strongly encouraged.

ietf.org (Global: 731^st place; English: 625^th place)

datatracker.ietf.org

Craig Partridge (January 1986). MAIL ROUTING AND THE DOMAIN SYSTEM. IETF. doi:10.17487/RFC0974. RFC 974. Retrieved 18 November 2011. For each MX, a WKS query should be issued to see if the domain name listed actually supports the mail service desired. MX RRs which list domain names which do not support the service should be discarded. This step is optional, but strongly encouraged.

imc.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

This section is adapted from John Levine ietf-smtp message Archived 2008-06-01 at the Wayback Machine

neohapsis.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

archives.neohapsis.com

If the primary MX responds, but fails mid-transaction, Postfix 1.2 and 2.0 will not try a backup MX. Archived 2009-06-23 at the Wayback Machine, Re: does not change to mx with lower priority, From: Victor Duchovni (Victor.DuchovniMorganStanley.com) Date: Fri Nov 11 2005

rfc-editor.org (Global: 747^th place; English: 325^th place)

Craig Partridge (January 1986). MAIL ROUTING AND THE DOMAIN SYSTEM. IETF. doi:10.17487/RFC0974. RFC 974. Retrieved 18 November 2011. For each MX, a WKS query should be issued to see if the domain name listed actually supports the mail service desired. MX RRs which list domain names which do not support the service should be discarded. This step is optional, but strongly encouraged.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

If the primary MX responds, but fails mid-transaction, Postfix 1.2 and 2.0 will not try a backup MX. Archived 2009-06-23 at the Wayback Machine, Re: does not change to mx with lower priority, From: Victor Duchovni (Victor.DuchovniMorganStanley.com) Date: Fri Nov 11 2005
This section is adapted from John Levine ietf-smtp message Archived 2008-06-01 at the Wayback Machine

zytrax.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

HOWTO - Configure Round Robin and Load Balancing, Page modified: February 28 2014., zytrax.com