From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Dec 18 13:38:11 2000 From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 13:38:08 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mgw1.MEIway.com (mgw1.meiway.com [212.73.210.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE9A937B402 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 13:38:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from sv.Go2France.com (sv.meiway.com [212.73.210.79]) by mgw1.MEIway.com (Postfix Relay Hub) with ESMTP id 51C266A90B for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:38:07 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20001218222521.01a3bd90@mail.Go2France.com> X-Sender: lconrad%Go2France.com@mail.Go2France.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2 Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 22:37:26 +0100 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: Len Conrad Subject: RE: Off topic - shell skills In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Ok kids, Why the condescension, pops? >Re-read my post. I did NOT say to use a CNAME as the MX. I suggested that >you create a CNAME record to point mail.CUSTOMER.com to point to >mail.ISP.net. There ya go, 99% of the people would screw that up, at one step or other. I see it everyday in the ISC BIND list, etc, etc. Technically correct, but in practice it gets screwed up more often than not, zones are in error (non authoritative so higher traffic due to no caching) and sometimes mail isn't even delivered reliably. With the $INCLUDE approach, there is still just one record in one file to edit (just like your suggestion), but my approach avoids the frequently confusing and always higher traffic-producing CNAME of your approach. > Any more objections to my suggestion? There are no objections to your suggestion, there is just my superior suggestion. :)) Len http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : Binary for ISC BIND 8.2.3 T9B for NT4 & W2K http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-spam mail gateways To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message