CNAME invalid - why?

Cricket Liu cricket at acmebw.com
Tue Feb 1 17:20:49 UTC 2000


> Thanks for the post.  Here is the error:
> 
> Jan 31 10:59:42 procyon named[448]: pdx-lists.pmc-sierra.com has 
> CNAME and other data (invalid)
> Jan 31 10:59:42 procyon named[448]: db.pmccom:54:
> pdx-lists.pmc-sierra.com: CNAME and OTHER data error
> 
> pdx-lists       IN      MX         0  pdx-lists.pmc-sierra.bc.ca.
> pdx-lists       IN      MX        10  procyon.pmc-sierra.bc.ca.
> pdx-lists       IN      CNAME           pdx-info
> 
> Is the problem that you can't have an MX for a CNAME?

Yup.  If pdx-lists is an alias for pdx-info, it can't have any other
records associated with it.

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