Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:12:37 -0600 From: Chris Cook <ccook@tcworks.net> To: Dirk Meyer <dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail queue Message-ID: <3A632F85.90C1F83@tcworks.net> References: <Pr5d9lj5YQ@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101131042110.45824-100000@arnold.neland.dk> <WndPflj5YQ@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> <3A613A19.3D7A6895@quake.com.au> <002401c07df7$ac1c3de0$0400a8c0@Home> <21e7dW2RC5@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org>
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I have had many people tell me that using a CNAME to point to a mail server is a very bad thing that will cause issues with some MTA's... can anyone explain to me why? (just saw a CNAME for a mail server in this example). Dirk Meyer wrote: > > IT must be published in your DNS zone, > here an example: > > www.some-domain.net. IN A 192.168.1.1 > ftp.some-domain.net. CNAME www.some-domain.net. > mail.some-domain.net. CNAME www.some-domain.net. <========== > > backup.some-other.net. IN A 192.168.2.1 > > some-domain.net. IN MX 10 www.some-domain.net. > some-domain.net. IN MX 20 backup.some-other.net. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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