Help!

Tim Wilde twilde at dyndns.org
Mon Jul 12 15:58:23 UTC 1999


On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Alexey Rak wrote:

> The same way, if your server handles your domain's mail, you can call it
> mail.test.dhs.org for example:
> 
>   RR> mail  IN CNAME test.dhs.org.
>   RR> test.dhs.org.  IN MX 10 mail.test.dhs.org.
> 

This is a VERY bad idea.  Sendmail and/or other MTAs will be very unhappy
with you (as will BIND itself) for setting an MX to a CNAME.  This is a
violation of the RFC and can cause lots of problems.  Make mail an A
record and all will be well.

Tim Wilde

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Tim Wilde, Systems Administrator
Dynamic DNS Network Services
E-Mail: twilde at dyndns.org




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