RE: [Exim] MX processing (1)

On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, John Horne wrote:

>> A rule of DNS is that you cannot use a CNAME in the data portion of a
>> resource record (such as your MX record). If you are using a version of
>> BIND pre 4.9 the log won't catch this as an error as far as I know.
>>
>We are running BIND 8.2.2. It does not complain about using CNAMES in the
>data portion. Note that it is 'not recommended' according to the book
>because of MTA's not using aliases - not that you cannot do it.

Yes, and your dns server isn't the only one on the Internet. Trust me,
there WILL be DNS servers complaining about this.

Regards
Chris Knipe
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