Re: [cobalt-developers] domain name pointing RaQ 3

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Weber wrote:

> Will creating the CNAMES allow me to utilize email for each domain name?

Depends on how you do it.

To collect mail for a domain you need an MX record.  The MX record MUST
point to an A record, but the A record does NOT have to be for the same
domain as that for which you're receiving email.

For example, in the domain1 zone:

  mail.domain1.com.  IN A 192.44.33.22

and in the domain2 zone:

  domain2.com.  IN MX 10 mail.domain1.com.

will work fine even though domain2 itself is defined as:

  domain2.com. IN CNAME domain1.com

Jeff
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