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  • By: Posted by an authenticated user Harry
  • Date: on 2008 Dec. 9 10:11
  • Subject: CNAME mail
Hi,
I use Gandi DNS and I added in my dns zone a mail CNAME record entrie to
set a mail.mydomain.com

mail 10800 IN CNAME access.mail.gandi.net.

is that correct?

thanks
  • By: Posted by an authenticated user Leland Vandervort
  • Date: on 2009 Feb. 3 11:07
  • Subject: Re: CNAME mail
On Dec, 9 2008 10:11 CET, Harry wrote:
Hi,
I use Gandi DNS and I added in my dns zone a mail CNAME record entrie
to
set a mail.mydomain.com

mail 10800 IN CNAME access.mail.gandi.net.

is that correct?

thanks
It should work for accessing that particular host with the shorter name.
 However, if you are hoping to use it for your MX record, please note
that the RFC specifies that the MX must point to a host with a valid A
record.  So the MX should still be pointng directly to the gandi mail
servers (if you are using gandimail for your emails).

L.