From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 12 18:28: 4 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 12 18:28:02 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from surreal.nl (surreal.nl [212.204.236.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11BA937B400 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 18:27:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by surreal.nl (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1FF641DA27; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 03:30:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by surreal.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D14F1DA26; Wed, 13 Dec 2000 03:30:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 03:30:05 +0100 (CET) From: "Walter W. Hop" Sender: To: Operador del sistema Cc: Subject: Re: Quick off-topic about named In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [in reply to Operador del sistema , 12/12/00] > hi, can a MX record point to a host that is in a CNAME of other host? > ej: > domain IN MX mail > mail IN CNAME mail2 > mail2 IN A x.x.x.x. > > if it's possible, is a good and secure way? Nope, this is not allowed. Your favorite nameserver software might allow it but if some mailers won't deliver mail to you, don't complain :-) -- Walter W. Hop | +31 6 24290808 | PGP key: 0xD4DD8DEB "Eliminate trust unless there is an absolute need for it. Trust is your enemy." -- Wietse Venema To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message