Re: [cobalt-users] CNAME and mail forwarding.

[Patrick Beart <patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:43 PM -0400 8/30/00, Tim M. Muldoon wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have a site seconddomain.com that uses a html redirect tag to point it at
> firstdomain.com.
>
> On the seconddomain.com I have added the catch all e-mail alias
> @seconddomain.com and forward all of the mail to my clients dial up ISP
> mailbox.

	This, I'm told, is what MX records are for. For static IP's, 
anyway. For the rest, there is a forwarding option in the GUI, or 
other, simpler solutions.


> My question is, if I use a CNAME instead of the html redirect will the mail
> forwarding still work? or, will the CNAME grab it first and cause the sender
> to get an error back.
>
> Also, I am on a RaQ 2 which I have read (after the fact) should not use
> CNAME at all, but I have a couple on there and they seem to work fine.

	An icicle will work as a dagger, too - until it melts!
	A paper bag stand up on its own - until it becomes wet.


Patrick Beart
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