<div dir="ltr"><br>A CNAME on the zone apex (e.g. <a href="http://mydomain.com">mydomain.com</a> IN CNAME
<a href="http://www.mydomain.com">www.mydomain.com</a>) can and will break things horribly, especially email,
for the reasons Justin outlines. <br><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><br></div>Regarding CNAMEs pointing to CNAMEs, RFC1304 says the chain should be honored.<br><br></div>If
you're offered A and AAAA records you're going to be better off using
those - the provider won't change those addresses and you can use them
at the zone apex.<br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div>