CNAME records having MX
Joseph S D Yao
jsdy at center.osis.gov
Fri Dec 14 23:18:59 UTC 2001
On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 03:07:38PM -0800, Derek Balling wrote:
> 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.
Well, that is a VERY loose interpretation of "associated with it", and
has NOTHING to do with what I answered above.
When I answered the original question, I was very specific. Maybe I
shouldn't have bothered answering this late entry.
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Joe Yao jsdy at center.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
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