CNAME records having MX

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 12:27:33AM +0000, Barry Margolin wrote:
...
> So?  I think we all understand that "points to XXX" means "XXX is the
> RDATA".  All the time we say things like "MX record points to
> mail.somewhere.com" or "NS record points to ns1.company.com" and there's
> never any confusion.
...

Yes, but in this case the writer had an RR "pointing to" an RR.  Since
this never happens, all sorts of interpretations were made, probably
most incorrect [including mine].

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Joe Yao				jsdy at center.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
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