Can I have a *.domain.com A record

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 04:01:31PM +0530,
 ram <ram at netcore.co.in> wrote 
 a message of 10 lines which said:

> Is it possible to have a A record for *.domain.com

Technically, yes. It is a very bad idea, but it works.

> I know *.domain records works for MX records , not sure wether they
> work for A records

Wildcards are not type-specific, they work for every type, MX, AAAA,
etc.