Juri Haberland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Julian Mehnle wrote:
> > Scott Morizot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > The MX record is illegal.  The data section must be a canonical name
> > > of a host (created on the left hand side of an A record), not [...] an
> > > alias.
> >
> > Regarding MX->IP I agree, but regarding MX->CNAME I object:
> > http://www.mengwong.com/misc/rfc1912-is-wrong.html
>
> If I read this page correctly, he just says that because most (or all)
> mailers can cope with a CNAME as an MX it is ok to do so.
>
> Well, because you *can* kill someone and get away with it, it's still not
> o.k. to do so...

No, he says that even though MX->CNAME might not be best practice, it is not
illegal.

Julian.





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