Search Again: MX records and CNames? From: billc@greenbuilder.com Date: Saturday, March 25, 2000 Time: 9:16:00 pm Sorry if this has been beaten to death on this list already... Someone over on the SIMS list who usually knows what he's talking about just stated that pointing MX records to CNames is a big time no-no, won't work, half the net won't understand, is counter to DNS specs, etc etc. Here's what I was talking about: > domain1.com MX 10 mail.domain1.com > mail.domain1.com C mail.mydomain.com Now, I've been doing that for a while already, with no known problems. This makes it much easier should I ever decide to move the IP of the main server (mail.mydomain.com). That's been known to happen. So am I wrong, or is he? Thanks BC Bill Christensen billc@greenbuilder.com Green Homes For Sale/Lease: http://www.greenbuilder.com/realestate/ Green Building Pro Directory: http://www.greenbuilder.com/directory/ Sustainable Bldg Calendar: http://www.greenbuilder.com/calendar/ Sustainable Bldg Bookstore: http://www.greenbuilder.com/bookstore

Messages In This Thread: MX records and CNames? by billc@greenbuilder.com on Mar 25, 2000 at 9:16:00 pm Re: MX records and CNames? by Jerry Pasker-Systems Admin. on Mar 25, 2000 at 10:01:00 pm Re: MX records and CNames? by billc@greenbuilder.com on Mar 25, 2000 at 11:01:00 pm Re: MX records and CNames? by Warren Michelsen on Apr 2, 2000 at 9:25:59 am Re: MX records and CNames? by Men & Mice Support on Apr 3, 2000 at 10:31:48 pm Re: MX records and CNames? by Greg Saulsbury on Apr 27, 2000 at 2:02:24 pm Re: MX records and CNames? by Men & Mice Support on Apr 27, 2000 at 2:24:23 pm Re: MX records and CNames? by Greg Saulsbury on Apr 27, 2000 at 3:45:56 pm