CNAME records having MX

[Derek Balling]

On 12/14/01 2:58 PM, "Joseph S D Yao" <jsdy at center.osis.gov> wrote:

> 
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 09:54:08PM +0000, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
>> Michele Chubirka <chubirka at gwu.edu> writes:
>>> Is it true that a CNAME record can't have an MX record associated with it?
>>> Am I remembering this correctly?
>> 
>> A CNAME can point to an MX, that is fine.
> 
> nope.

Yes, it can. This is perfectly fine:

foo     IN  MX  0   mail
mail    IN  A       192.168.1.10
bar     IN  CNAME   mail

That's perfectly fine.

D

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