bind timeouts

[Matthew D. Fuller]

On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 01:04:07AM -0700 I heard the voice of
Don Lewis, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
> That covers the intial lookup, meaning that a CNAME pointing to an MX is
> legal.

Correct, though I didn't express it too well.


> Pointing an MX at a CNAME is likely to break the RFC 974 mail loop
> prevention algorithm.  Just below the paragraph you quoted:

[ Bunch of stuff snipped ]

Which all supports the "It's probably not a good idea, but it's not
explicitly prohibited anywhere in the RFC's" stance.


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