[copied to hostmaster@aol.net in the hopes they fix this]
Milam, Charles R. 1LT CAP writes:
> Just this last week, my named reports a whole screen full of:
>
> ==> /var/log/messages <==
> Dec 23 14:31:01 mitchell named[16444]: "aol.com IN MX" points to a CNAME
> (b.mr.aol.com)
> Dec 23 14:31:01 mitchell named[16444]: "aol.com IN MX" points to a CNAME
> (a.mx.aol.com)
Looks like AOL broke their DNS. The MX records used to point to round
robins of A RRs. Now they are pointing to CNAMEs. That's illegal.
They should fix it.
And I suppose that's the cue to begin the neverending debate on
whether or not that restriction is a good thing ...
--
Chip Rosenthal * Unicom Systems Development * <chip@unicom.com>
URL: http://www.unicom.com/ * 4868D8BE10C86BDE 6017000BA783998E
Helmet good. Law bad.
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