Re: [exim-dev] Bug? Exim rewrites domain in response to CNAM…

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Author: Max Bowsher
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To: Drav Sloan
CC: exim-dev
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] Bug? Exim rewrites domain in response to CNAME, in contradiction to what is written in Chapter 31
On 06/09/13 11:06, Drav Sloan wrote:
> Max Bowsher wrote:
>> At the time of writing, the DNS records in question look like this:
>>
>> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>> ;bcidahofoundation.org.         IN      MX

>>
>> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>> bcidahofoundation.org.  900     IN      CNAME   www.bcidahofoundation.com.
>> www.bcidahofoundation.com. 84397 IN     CNAME   bcidahofoundation.com.
>> bcidahofoundation.com.  69      IN      MX      10 mail1.bcidaho.com.
>> bcidahofoundation.com.  69      IN      MX      10 mail2.bcidaho.com.

>
> Exim will use the MX records in preference to the CNAME of the domain name, so
> the mails will get routed to mail1.bcidaho.com and mail2.bcidaho.com.
>
> Regards
>
> D.


Hi Drav,

Thanks for responding, but you appear to have ignored most of what I
wrote in my email, and missed the problem that I am describing entirely.

If you re-read my original email you will discover that I'm not saying
anything about the destination server being wrong at all - rather I'm
saying that Exim is rewriting the address incorrectly.

Regards,
Max.