www. CNAME

Mark_Andrews at iengines.com Mark_Andrews at iengines.com
Mon Nov 29 08:58:27 UTC 1999


> > domain.com. IN A 10.0.0.1
> > sub IN A 10.0.0.1
> >
> > $ORIGIN sub.domain.com
> > www IN A 10.0.0.1
> >
> > having sub as a CNAME for domain.com and then using it as a subdomain is a
> > "Bad Thing (tm)"  use all A records.
> >
> 
> What else is a "bad thing" ?
> Is it for example a bad thing to have cname as mx record?
> 
> in mx    mail
> mail in cname    mail.whatever.com
> 
	Yes.

> Arvinn
> 
> 
> 
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