CNAME invalid - why?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <200002011929.LAA10916 at procyon.pmc-sierra.bc.ca>,
Jeff Newton  <Jeff_Newton at pmc-sierra.com> wrote:
>Is the problem that you can't have an MX for a CNAME?

Yes.  You can't have anything for a CNAME -- it's just an alias for another
name, and gets all its data from the name it points to.

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