Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:52:37 -0500 From: "Troy Settle" <troy@psknet.com> To: "Chris Cook" <ccook@tcworks.net> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: sendmail queue Message-ID: <BFEGKDHLHDNOJEIHJDBAEEONCAAA.troy@psknet.com> In-Reply-To: <3A632F85.90C1F83@tcworks.net>
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Chris, Look again. 'mail' is a cname pointing to the host 'www'. The MX record is also pointed to the host 'www'. The CNAME in this case doesn't actually involve the MX records at all. -- Troy Settle Pulaski Networks 540.994.4254 It's always a long day, 86400 doesn't fit into a short ** -----Original Message----- ** From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG ** [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Chris Cook ** Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 12:13 PM ** To: Dirk Meyer ** Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG ** Subject: Re: sendmail queue ** ** ** 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 ** ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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