Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!ox.com!ox.com!emv From: emv@ox.com (Ed Vielmetti) Subject: Re: Creating a domain alias In-Reply-To: Kimmo.Suominen@lut.fi's message of 24 Mar 91 22:42:31 GMT Message-ID: Followup-To: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Sender: usenet@ox.com (Usenet News Administrator) Organization: OTA Limited Partnership, Ann Arbor MI. References: <1461@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU> <1991Mar23.235415.15732@borland.com> Distribution: comp Date: 24 Mar 91 21:15:50 In article Kimmo.Suominen@lut.fi (Kimmo Suominen) writes: Is it really correct to have two names pointing to the same address. The way I see it, one of these names should be a CNAME entry. CNAMEs are 2d class internet citizens. Many things are not legal when CNAMEs are around, but when the suitable A records are put in their place things work. It is (e.g.) illegal to send mail with a From: cname.domain.org that is to say the From: line must include an MX or an A record. Put in an A record for the domain and the host in the domain and all will be well. -- Msen Edward Vielmetti /|--- moderator, comp.archives emv@msen.com