CNAME for MX records

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 07:45:48PM +0000, Terry Poperszky wrote:
> Is there any reaon not to use CNAMEs for your MX records? I have been doing
> it internally with no problem for several years, but my ISP objected when I
> changed my external records to a similar format.

Yes.  It is illegal per one of the RFCs.

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