Search Again: Re: Multiple CNAMES... who cares? From: Men & Mice Support Date: Friday, July 30, 1999 Time: 12:34:00 pm >oops, you're right! Thanks, Chris, for clarifying all the points (er, >PTRs). I meant to say: > >> >Right now, I have it set up like so: >> > >> >mydomain.com. NS ns2.mydomain.com. >> >ns2.mydomain.com. A 198.0.0.0 >> > >> >mydomain.com. MX mail.mydomain.com >> >mail.mydomain.com CNAME ns2.mydomain.com > >But I realize that this would be wrong. > >However, using the above scenario, does it matter if my secondary DNS >("ns2") doesn't have a PTR record (I have to reserve the PTR for the >mailserver record)? PTR records are almost totally irrelevant for a server. The only service for which PTR records are currently used is mail, for anti-spam measures. Therefore, it is important to have a PTR record that matches the name of your mailhost (as specified in your MX record). ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice cbuxton@menandmice.com http://www.menandmice.com

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