CNAME as @ line

[Barry Margolin]

In article <9l9cvu$i8 at pub3.rc.vix.com>, Jerry <juanino at yahoo.com> wrote:
>Anyone know why I can't use a CNAME for my @ line?

I assume what you mean is "why can't I use a CNAME for the zone name?".
Because a delegated zone name must have NS and SOA records, and a name
can't have both a CNAME record and any other records.

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