Hi, my understanding of CNAME records is that an MX may not be a CNAME record, but I thought something like users=> select * from pdns.records where name like 'wall.%'; domain_id | name | type | content | ttl | prio | change_date -----------+------------------+-------+--------------------+-------+------+------------- 8 | wall.madduck.net | CNAME | oerlikon.no-ip.org | 86400 | | 8 | wall.madduck.net | MX | a.mx.madduck.net | 86400 | 10 | 8 | wall.madduck.net | MX | b.mx.madduck.net | 86400 | 99 | should be possible. Yet, dig (and bind9 host) don't like it: piper:~> dig @a.ns.madduck.net wall.madduck.net mx #[300] ; <<>> DiG 9.4.1 <<>> @a.ns.madduck.net wall.madduck.net mx ; (1 server found) ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 31652 ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; WARNING: recursion requested but not available ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;wall.madduck.net. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: wall.madduck.net. 86400 IN CNAME oerlikon.no-ip.org. ;; Query time: 65 msec ;; SERVER: 213.203.238.82#53(213.203.238.82) ;; WHEN: Sat Jul 14 20:08:44 2007 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 66 Am I wrong and can a CNAME RR not have associated MX records? -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck - http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "most people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. to have ruined one's self over poetry is an honour." -- oscar wilde
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