On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 4:11 PM Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> wrote:> Hi Tom, > On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 11:42:28AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 10:24 AM john doe <johndoe65...@mail.com> wrote: > > > Any reasons why you can't use 'cname' record? > > > > Um, you're right > > Though do note that the right hand side of MX and NS records should > not point to a CNAME alias (RFC 2181 ง10.3)น. Your examples included > "mail" and "ns1" which often feature in MX and NS records. ... > น Thought they often end up working anyway, contrary to RFCs.
Thanks, Andy. This has always been a confusing area for me. When I get a "practice" mail and dns setup ready I will check back here with specifics and see what all respondents think. Best regards, -Tom
