Re: CNAME in MX

[Magnus Bodin]

On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 01:34:32PM -0600, Mate Wierdl wrote:
> Can a CNAME in an MX record cause a problem for qmail?  
> I mean, our sysadm set up
> 
> cs.memphis.edu  preference = 10, mail exchanger = mx.cs.memphis.edu
> 
> where mx.cs.memphis.edu is an alias.
> 
> If it can, how exactly?

Yes. CNAME can definitively cause trouble. 

Professor Bernstein explains this here:

  http://cr.yp.to/im/cname.html

/magnus - being nice pointing out documentation ;-)

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