Matthias-Christian Ott <[email protected]> (So 10 Okt 2010 23:05:40 CEST):
> example.com.    IN CNAME  b.example.com.
> example.com.    IN MX     10  mx.example.com.  
> b.example.com.  IN A      198.51.100.2
> mx.example.com. IN A      198.51.100.3
> 
> According to RFC 1912 there can't be other RRs if there's already a
> CNAME. It seems some SMTP servers followed the DNS RFC very closely and

… That's what some of the RFCs are for, I'd say.

> didn't send E-Mails at all. But this doesn't explain why that particular
> SMTP server rewrote the recipient (after I added a transitional MX
> record for b.example.com ebay.com did the same).

Yes, this behaviour is expected - I think, some SENDMAILs rewrite the
envelope if they're faced with CNAMES in domain names or mx records.

You can't do anything against this, other than not using CNAMEs at all.

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Heiko

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