Wildcards for MX and CNAME in same zone - allowed?

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

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
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