DNS mail balancing with MX

Alejandro

Dear people and Chris, I have a mail domain "alejandro.com" supported by two own mail
servers (load balacing): 10.1.1.1 and 10.1.1.2.

Can I perform a mail balancing implemented by MX registries in the DNS as follow:

mail1.alejandro.com. IN A 10.1.1.1
mail2.alejandro.com. IN A 10.1.1.2
alejandro.com. IN MX 10 mail1.alejandro.com.
alejandro.com. IN MX 10 mail2.alejandro.com.

I put the same weight (=10) to both MX's in order to balance the incoming mails.

Is it correct ???

Thanks !!!

Alejandro

Chris Dent [MVP]

Copied to both, but yes that will work fine for inbound mail using the MX
for delivery.

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Chris Dent
MVP - Directory Services


"Alejandro" <.ar> wrote in message
news:.ar...
> Dear people and Chris, I have a mail domain "alejandro.com" supported by
> two own mail servers (load balacing): 10.1.1.1 and 10.1.1.2.
>
> Can I perform a mail balancing implemented by MX registries in the DNS as
> follow:
>
> mail1.alejandro.com. IN A 10.1.1.1
> mail2.alejandro.com. IN A 10.1.1.2
> alejandro.com. IN MX 10 mail1.alejandro.com.
> alejandro.com. IN MX 10 mail2.alejandro.com.
>
> I put the same weight (=10) to both MX's in order to balance the incoming
> mails.
>
> Is it correct ???
>
> Thanks !!!
>
> Alejandro