[Gllug] DNS question

[Alain Williams]

I wanted to give a box several names, so I used CNAMEs:

foo		IN	CNAME	bar
		IN	MX 10	foo

Accessing the machine (eg ssh), no problems. But when I asked DNS for it's MX
record all that I ever got back was:

	foo.phcomp.co.uk is an alias for bar.phcomp.co.uk.


However, if I now go:

foo		IN	CNAME	1.2.3.4
		IN	MX 10	foo

I am now told:

	foo.phcomp.co.uk mail is handled by 10 foo.phcomp.co.uk.


So, I am happy but would rather that foo was a CNAME for bar, it makes maintainance,
etc, easier. Am I doing something wrong, or is this something fundemental that
I have not understood ?

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Alain Williams

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