Re: Can MX record be CNAME?

[James Raftery]

On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 10:14:38AM -0500, q question wrote:
> Why did you tell Peter this would have been easier if he had used real 
> names? I found it very clear and frankly I prefer a.b.c and 1.2.3.4 to 
> reading full domain names and ip numbers when the shorthand can convey the 
> point clearly.

Because giving real information is *always* right. Giving mangled
information is *rarely* right.

james
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