diff --git a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml index e25a930e57..07674a08cb 100644 --- a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml +++ b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ - + BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual @@ -5144,14 +5144,17 @@ domain names. This example shows two addresses for XX.LCS.MIT.EDU, each of a different class. + Discussion of MX Records + As described above, domain servers store information as a series of resource records, each of which contains a particular piece of information about a given domain name (which is usually, but not always, a host). The simplest way to think of a RR is as -a typed pair of datum, a domain name matched with relevant data, -and stored with some additional type information to help systems determine -when the RR is relevant. +a typed pair of data, a domain name matched with a relevant datum, +and stored with some additional type information to help systems +determine when the RR is relevant. + MX records are used to control delivery of email. The data specified in the record is a priority and a domain name. The priority controls the order in which email delivery is attempted, with the