From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Feb 1 14:40:56 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA28375 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 14:40:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nhj.nlc.net.au (nhj.nlc.net.au [203.24.133.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA28367 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 14:40:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from john.saunders@nlc.net.au) Received: (qmail 7733 invoked by uid 1000); 2 Feb 1999 09:40:51 +1100 From: "John Saunders" Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:40:50 +1100 (EST) To: "Jasper O'Malley" cc: phil grainger , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help wanted! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ . | John Saunders - mailto:john@nlc.net.au (EMail) | ,--_|\ | - http://www.nlc.net.au/ (WWW) | / Oz \ | - 02-9489-4932 or 041-822-3814 (Phone) | \_,--\_/ | NHJ NORTHLINK COMMUNICATIONS - Supplying a professional, | v | and above all friendly, internet connection service. | +------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message