Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 15:55:05 +0800 (CST) From: Bo Fussing <bmf@gateway.net.hk> To: domreg <root@internet.dk> Cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MX CNAME Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980723155037.32253O-100000@gate.gateway.net.hk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.980723083520.18443B-100000@zet.internet.dk>
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On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, domreg wrote: > > "Because it is wrong" doesn't work with my kids either. > > What is the problem? Does it break anything? > > Should I go change all the ocurrences in all the domains we host? > > Or should I give mailhost the same ip-adress as the realhost instead of > giving it a cname to realhost? Leif, Most mailers will look for the hosts canonical domain name when delivering mail. If you choose to use a CNAME for your MX records there is no guarantee that you will get any mail. I think that is incentive enough to have a look through your DNS entries and boot out any CNAME entries from your MX lists. Bo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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