On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 01:16:40PM -0500, Dave C. wrote:
> Assuming 100+ domains in each group, its a LOT easier to just change
> one CNAME, than to change the MX records for each and every one of the
> domains. Also, say 'realname.mydomain.com' mail goes down, but its
> still providing other services and I cant assign its name to something
> else, so I want to move mail processing to 'otherserver.mydomain.com'..
> Again, without using CNAMEs, I'm forced to edit hundreds of zone files.
>
> CNAMES provide a way of doing this by mapping 'logical' or 'functional'
> hostnames onto real hostnames. I dont think that was its original
> purpose, but there isnt anything else that does..
IMHO a better solution is simply to use macros or some other tool to
build your zone files rather than building them by hand. But maybe
that's just me :}
SRH
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Steve Haslam, Production Engineer, Excite UK steve.haslam@???
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