On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 01:04:07AM -0700 I heard the voice of Don Lewis, and lo! it spake thus: > > That covers the intial lookup, meaning that a CNAME pointing to an MX is > legal. Correct, though I didn't express it too well. > Pointing an MX at a CNAME is likely to break the RFC 974 mail loop > prevention algorithm. Just below the paragraph you quoted: [ Bunch of stuff snipped ] Which all supports the "It's probably not a good idea, but it's not explicitly prohibited anywhere in the RFC's" stance. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd_at_over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"Received on Mon May 17 2004 - 23:08:27 UTC
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