[UPHPU] CNAME or A for MX value

[Jonathan Duncan]

On 03 Jul 2008, at 15:09, Wade Preston Shearer wrote:

> I have the following DNS record:
>
> example.com, MX, mail.example.com
>
>
> …then…
>
> mail.example.com, A, 192.168.1.1
>

Velda is right, so follow her advice.  =)


> This works but would it be more proper to have the  
> "mail.example.com" record be a CNAME?

 From what I have learned from DNS gurus that I hang out with is that  
CNAME's should not be used unless necessary, which they are in certain  
cases.  When in doubt, make it an A record.