Wildcards in MX Record Domain Names

[Cricket Liu]

> Are the below MX records supported in Bind 8.X?
> 
> *.org   IN   MX   10   firewallrelay.mayo.org
> *.gov   IN   MX   10   firewallrelay.mayo.org
> *.        IN   MX    10  firewallrelay.mayo.org

Yes.

> These were supported in earlier versions but I have heard the support
> was dropped in version 8.

No.

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