Re: [Exim] Address rewriting vs. CNAME records?

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Author: Vadim Vygonets
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Address rewriting vs. CNAME records?
Quoth Greg A. Woods on Thu, Feb 06, 2003:
> If you're going to make foo.friends.dom an A record then you should make
> it an A record _and_ an MX:
>
>     foo.friends.dom.    IN    MX    bar.my.dom.
>     foo.friends.dom.    IN    A    10.12.13.14


Yes, of course, I did that.

> Don't forget to add the additional PTR(s) too:
>
>     14.13.12.10.in-addr.arpa.    IN PTR    bar.my.dom.
>     14.13.12.10.in-addr.arpa.    IN PTR    foo.friends.dom.


It will be done.

> "Ya know.... " there's a reason why people use unique names with
> prefixes like "mail" and "www" for different services... :-)


Hmm, no, I don't really see one, except convenience. Also, 'ftp'
and 'www' are often CNAME records.

> > The MX record for both should point to bar.my.dom (well,
> > technically, as long as bar.my.dom is the only mail exchanger for
> > itself, the MX record may be omitted, but I like to have it).
>
> Technically, it should _not_ be omitted.


Agreed.

Vadik.

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