Wildcards for MX and CNAME in same zone - allowed?
phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu
Thu Mar 28 16:48:45 UTC 2002
Van Bemmel, Berend <bvanbemmel at kpmg.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
> For a zone hosted through an ISP I was requesting to put in two wildcard
> records, one for the MX and one for a CNAME, e.g.
> * MX 10 mailhost.example.com.
> * CNAME www.example.com
> Now my ISP tells me they can not do this because a zone file can only
> contain one wildcard entry. I fail to see why since MX and CNAME are
> different request types.
Your ISP is right, not becouse of multiple wildcards but becouse of
a CNAME for the same label as something else.
I would advize you to drop wildcards, especially for MX. It hurts
more then it fixes things.(imho)
peter h
> Can somebody tell me if my ISP is right or that I should pursue the matter
> further with them.
> Thanks for any help you can provide,
> Berend
> Berend W. van Bemmel
> Product Manager, Internet Application Hosting
> KPMG - OGCIO
> phone: +31 (0)20 656 6771
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