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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To: Rowan Crowe <rowan@sensation.net.au>
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Subject: Re: OT: cname for domain
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On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Rowan Crowe wrote:

> Possibly a stupid question: are you doing...
> 
> @   cname  new.dom.
> 
>    - or -
> 
> @   in   cname  new.dom.

  There is no difference.  The default class is always IN (Internet) and
no even remembers the other non-Internet classes these days.

  You fact is, you can't have a CNAME for any domain, if that domain also
has other records.  Why?  Becasue a CNAME is essentional a re-write
(replace X with Y).  A second level domain will always have a SOA record,
and at least two NS records.

  The best way to handle this is with an include file.


Tom


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