The mailserver is currently called fred, while the primary MX record points to mailhost.example.org.



What must be done to direct example.org email towards fred?

A. Add an A record for mailhost to fred's IP address.
B. Add a CNAME record from mailhost to fred
C. Add another MX record pointing to fred's IP address.
D. Add a PTR record from mailhost to fred.

題解

若「fred」的IP為「216.158.76.21」,要達到題目描述的設定,DNS設定的方式應如下:

HOST     ADDRESS              TYPE
mailhost 216.158.76.21        A   #這是題目問的應該要增加的A記錄,讓「mailhost.example.org」對應到「216.158.76.21」這個IP位址,也就是「fred」。
@        mailhost.example.org MX  #主機名稱「@」表示所有寄到「example.org」的信都會傳給「mailhost.example.org」。如果是使用「*」則表示所有寄到「*.example.org」的信都會傳給「mailhost.example.org」。

所以答案是選項A。