Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!bikini.cis.ufl.edu!seeger From: seeger@bikini.cis.ufl.edu (F. L. Charles Seeger III) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: Florida IBM/4.3 archive (was: Re: Yet another HC question...) Message-ID: <23951@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 25 Jul 90 01:04:23 GMT References: <1990Jul19.233916.14458@ibmpa> <23924@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1990Jul23.185122.7540@ibmpa> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: seeger@bikini.cis.ufl.edu (F. L. Charles Seeger III) Organization: UF CIS Dept Lines: 38 I didn't mean to start a name server discussion here. Sorry 'bout that. In article <1990Jul23.185122.7540@ibmpa> brunner@ibmsupt.UUCP () writes: |Personally I prefer the CNAME approach for the mail user@domain capability, |where a single actual mailhost (which may not be up when mail delivery is |attempted) is replaced by a logical mailhost, which is which ever of the |multiple nameservers (primary, secondary, slave) is up at the moment, with |local delivery effectively queued in the named/sendmail interaction until |the final host (or domain) is up. Your example isn't real clear to me, but it seems that MX RRs would be more appropriate than CNAMEs for this mail scenario. In our case, we wish things other than mail (including non-MX MTAs) to work with "ufl.edu". Using an A RR rather than a CNAME puts less burden on the name servers and should be more robust. For "less important" names the CNAME approach might be preferable for easier maintenance. BTW, "ufl.edu" and "cis.ufl.edu" are in different zones of authority, and we stick in the A RR as part of the SOA RR. If anyone wants to continue this discussion, we should take it elsewhere. |And thanks for the thanks, and thanks for the archive! You're most welcome. |> Now, if we could only get a 4.3/4.4 port to the RS6000... | |See your sales rep regarding requirements for software on the RIOS. IBM wants |to know your thoughts on AIX3.1 and the RIOS hardware. Keep your comments as |constructive and computer-ish as possible, as flames buy nothing. Always. Anybody written a fstab to filesystems translator script that they wouldn't mind sharing? (Yes, I'll grovel to save an hour). Regards, Chuck -- Charles Seeger E301 CSE Building Office: +1 904 392 1508 CIS Department University of Florida Fax: +1 904 392 1220 seeger@ufl.edu Gainesville, FL 32611-2024 Home: +1 904 375 1819