MX records

Mark.Andrews at nominum.com Mark.Andrews at nominum.com
Wed Nov 15 12:01:45 UTC 2000


> Kevin Darcy wrote:
> 
> Thank you for your reply, I'll try it out!
> 
> >A records can co-exist with MX records, but CNAMEs can't co-exist
> >with any records at all, except for some of the newer
> >DNSSEC-related ones. 
> 
> Why is this limitation?

	So if you have a cached CNAME you can know that there are
	no other records with the same name and can just follow
	the CNAME.

	Mark
> 
> Bye, Patrice
> 
> -- 
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>   (Charles Duell, Director of U,S, Patent Offive, 1899)
> 
> 
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