On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Kevin Traas wrote: : I've just had a client contact me. Their getting the following in : /var/log/messages: : : Dec 2 12:47:16 inetgw named[140]: "axionet.com IN MX" points to a CNAME : (mail.axionet.com) : Dec 2 12:47:16 inetgw named[140]: "axionet.com IN MX" points to a CNAME : (smtp.axionet.com) : : Oh, and axionet.com is *not* their DN. : : Later, : Kevin Traas :
In this case it simply means that someone is sending mail _from_ their domain _to_ axionet.com ... and those folks have their DNS screwed (well, not according to spec, anyway) I see a lot of this when our users send mail to AOL, who believe it or not point their MX records to CNAMEs ... -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (605) 334-4454 fax: (605) 335-1173 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .