CNAME records having MX

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 03:31:34PM -0800, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> I thought I was answering, in the one that you responded to,
> xxx being the right side of a CNAME.
> 
> I agree that the other two are wrong.
> 
> I had three statements in the original post, the two I said were
> wrong you agreed with.  By "points to" I mean the RHS value,
> as that is, to me, what a CNAME or MX does.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> -- glen

The original question said "associated with", which was even more
imprecise.  If you can find my answer on isc.org or elsewhere, I tried
to remove the confusion.  The typical questions are:
	why can't I send my mail to a CNAME alias?
	why can't I have my alias also be the LHS to another record,
	e.g., MX?
I believe the latter to be the question being asked, although it is
hard to tell.

I find my answer at
<URL: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bind-users&m=100800992615882&w=2>

The subject line is "CNAME records having MX".  Not vice versa.  It may
just be everyone being more tired and having trouble figuring out what
others mean, right now - and I do include myself in that.

I hope you don't mind my feeding these replies back into the mailing
list.

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Joe Yao				jsdy at center.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
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