Re: Can MX record be CNAME?

[Kris von Mach]

At 08:34 AM 5/3/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> > Unfortunately I do not control my PTR records so I have to do the dns name
> > change with CNAME.
> >
> > My questions are:
> >
> > Can MX record point to a CNAME?
>
>No, never.

Charles,

Why can't it be a CNAME? Is there a reason for this? I am currently using it
as a CNAME and it's been working fine for a year or so... If there is a good
reason for it, I sure would like to know so I can make changes.

Oh I have this currently:

                 IN      NS      ns1.webgoku.com.
                 IN      NS      ns2.webgoku.com.
                 IN      MX 10   mail.swishmail.com.
$ORIGIN swishmail.com.
;
; Setup forward DNS for all hosts
                 IN      A       63.165.246.3
www             IN      A       63.165.246.3
ftp             IN      CNAME   swishmail.com.
mail            IN      CNAME   swishmail.com.

Or did you mean that you can't have something like this:

                 IN      MX 10   mail
                 IN      A       63.165.246.3
www             IN      A       63.165.246.3
mail            IN      CNAME   swishmail.com.

Thanks,

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Kris.