Re: Multiple host names for a single server?
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 <johndoe65534@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 §10.3)¹. Your examples included
"mail" and "ns1" which often feature in MX and NS records.
Cheers,
Andy
¹ Thought they often end up working anyway, contrary to RFCs.
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