[ILUG] CNAME and MX record with the same name

[Niall O Broin]

On 18 Dec 2005, at 14:49, Achim Dreyer wrote:

> So "something" is the real thing (a machine) and "otherthing" is an
> alias for that thing - and an *alias* can not have another RR record
> attached (which in your case is an MX record). Only real things can
> have further RRs (attributes).

Well, that idea breaks downb when you consider a CNAME to a CNAME, 
which IS allowed (or rather, is not disallowed, and is supported by 
bind)



Niall