Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:59:48 -0600 From: Chris Cook <ccook@tcworks.net> To: Troy Settle <troy@psknet.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail queue Message-ID: <3A6348A4.DFFD5E8@tcworks.net> References: <BFEGKDHLHDNOJEIHJDBAEEONCAAA.troy@psknet.com>
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Right... my bad. Thanks to all for the answers btw. /Chris Troy Settle wrote: > > Chris, > > Look again. 'mail' is a cname pointing to the host 'www'. The MX record is > also pointed to the host 'www'. The CNAME in this case doesn't actually > involve the MX records at all. > > -- > Troy Settle > Pulaski Networks > 540.994.4254 > > It's always a long day, 86400 doesn't fit into a short > > ** -----Original Message----- > ** From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > ** [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Chris Cook > ** Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 12:13 PM > ** To: Dirk Meyer > ** Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG > ** Subject: Re: sendmail queue > ** > ** > ** I have had many people tell me that using a CNAME to point to a mail > ** server is a very bad thing that will cause issues with some MTA's... can > ** anyone explain to me why? (just saw a CNAME for a mail server in this > ** example). > ** > ** Dirk Meyer wrote: > ** > > ** > IT must be published in your DNS zone, > ** > here an example: > ** > > ** > www.some-domain.net. IN A 192.168.1.1 > ** > ftp.some-domain.net. CNAME www.some-domain.net. > ** > mail.some-domain.net. CNAME www.some-domain.net. <========== > ** > > ** > backup.some-other.net. IN A 192.168.2.1 > ** > > ** > some-domain.net. IN MX 10 www.some-domain.net. > ** > some-domain.net. IN MX 20 backup.some-other.net. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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