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On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> >Everything I read talks about using CNAMES when doing virtual hosting. I
> >cannot seem to get this to work and I do not fully understand it.
> > ...
> >
> >So my question is.. is this an alright way to do it? Why do I need CNAMES?
>
> You don't. CNAMES are an unnecessary construct of DNS. Just point the domain
> to the IP it belongs to, and save everyone some work. Once your nameserver
> has pointed someone (the client) to the IP of your box (the server); it
>
> Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com
Yes. After doing it I now agree. Maybe that is the reason I see so many
CNAME errors (from other places) in my named log. It is often used
inappropriately.
On another note - what does one have to do to be an MX server for another
site? I suspect just accept that sites mail (CW <domain> or in my case FW
<externalhostnames>) in sendmail?
Doug
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