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?

The correct answer is A. Add an A record for mailhost to fred's IP address. You've hit your weekly limit · resets 5am (America/New_York)

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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?

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AAdd an A record for mailhost to fred's IP address.
BAdd a CNAME record from mailhost to fred
CAdd another MX record pointing to fred's IP address.
DAdd a PTR record from mailhost to fred.

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A
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B
4% (1)
C
4% (1)
D
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