Making bind 8.2.1 not check cnames

[Barry Margolin]

In article <000101bf1fce$e8970a80$ca2e1d18 at cartman.nycap.rr.com>,
Larry Peters <Lar at imcnet.net> wrote:
>Is there a way to force bind 8.2.1 to not check cnames, for instance, when I
>have both a cname and an mx record for www.something.com.  I realize that
>it's against the RFC's but it worked in bind 8.1.2 and doesn't in 8.2.1, and
>I'd rather not have to change all my records.

Too bad.  Your records are wrong.  Go back to 8.1.2 until you get them
fixed, then upgrade.

BIND has been warning you about this since 4.9.  Why haven't you fixed them
yet?

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