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From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us>
To: "Doug Barton" <Doug@gorean.org>
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Subject: Re: CNAME vs A records (clarification)
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>I also make a habit of only using A records
>for heavily hit commercial sites because it saves you one complete
>lookup cycle to get to the info you want.

I hadn't even thought of that. That alone is a compelling argument for A
records instead of CNAME's...

Thanks,

--Dan




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