Search Again: Re: Setup QuickDNS From: Mia''s Virtual Post Office Date: Thursday, July 29, 1999 Time: 12:27:00 pm andrew kagan said: >shouldn't one use a CNAME instead of an A record for the second record? I >thought it was not recommended to use multiple A records pointing to the >same IP? > It is kind of ironic, considering that both DNS and BIND and DNS Expert complain about using a CNAME for a mail server record, however what if you run DNS and Mail on the same machine? Are you supposed to have an A record for both,(hence pointing to the same IP) which is also a no, no? jer "On a day no different than the one now dawning, Leonardo drew the first strokes of the Mona Lisa, Shakespeare wrote the first words of Hamlet, and Beethoven began work on his Ninth Symphony." And Windows98 Crashed! COMPAQ Class Action Law Suit: http://members.aol.com/CClass450/index.htm

Messages In This Thread: Setup QuickDNS by Charles Heizer on Jul 28, 1999 at 5:00:00 pm Re: Setup QuickDNS by Men & Mice Support on Jul 29, 1999 at 6:20:00 am Re: Setup QuickDNS by andrew kagan on Jul 29, 1999 at 11:31:00 am Re: Setup QuickDNS by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Jul 29, 1999 at 12:27:00 pm Re: Setup QuickDNS by Farokh Irani on Jul 29, 1999 at 12:41:00 pm Re: Setup QuickDNS by Mia''s Virtual Post Office on Jul 29, 1999 at 12:55:00 pm Re: Setup QuickDNS by andrew kagan on Jul 29, 1999 at 12:59:00 pm Re: Setup QuickDNS by Michael Ayotte on Jul 29, 1999 at 2:49:00 pm Re: Setup QuickDNS by Charles Heizer on Aug 10, 1999 at 3:01:00 pm Re: Setup QuickDNS by Men & Mice Support on Aug 10, 1999 at 3:31:00 pm Re: Setup QuickDNS by Paul Willis on Aug 10, 1999 at 4:13:00 pm