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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