Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:40:50 +1100 (EST) From: "John Saunders" <john.saunders@nlc.net.au> To: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com> Cc: phil grainger <thi226@iname.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help wanted! Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.990202093930.7149A-100000@nhj.nlc.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9902010706030.7530-100000@mercury.webnology.com>
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On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Jasper O'Malley wrote:
> Let me just point out that using a CNAME for a name server address is a
> no-no. Only one DNS resource record type can refer to a CNAME in its data
> field, and that's a CNAME itself. The same deal applies to MX records
> (can't point to a CNAME), so mail.domain.com.au probably shouldn't be a
> CNAME, either. Use redundant A records, instead. With that caveat, I
> wholeheartedly agree with John's suggestion.
That was an oversight on my part, I do use A records. Sorry about that.
Cheers.
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