Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 09:13:55 -0800 (PST) From: Javier Henderson <javier@KJSL.COM> To: Chris Cook <ccook@tcworks.net> Cc: Dirk Meyer <dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail queue Message-ID: <14947.12243.400265.573953@bogon.kjsl.com> In-Reply-To: <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> <3A632F85.90C1F83@tcworks.net>
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Chris Cook writes: > 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). MX records are supposed to point to hosts for which an A record exists. Most MTA's will work with MX records pointing to CNAMEs (some will log a warning) however. A big offender of this rule is AOL, for example. -jav To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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