MX pointing to CNAME

[Pete Ehlke]

On Wed May 31, 2006 at 09:23:33 +0100, Niall O'Reilly wrote:
>
>Peter Dambier cited selectively from this source, omitting the  
>following.
>
>    However CNAMEs are
>    useful (and encouraged) for generalized names for servers -- `ftp'
>    for your ftp server, `www' for your Web server, `gopher' for your
>    Gopher server, `news' for your Usenet news server, etc.
>
>
Indeed. It's a long way from 'there are some things you should be
careful about doing' to 'CNAMEs were not such a good idea and should be
avoided at all costs.'