[dns-operations] Curious use of cname

[Mark Andrews]

In message <1407643575.596084963 at f209.i.mail.ru>, =?UTF-8?B?WW9uZ2h1YSBQZW5n?= 
writes:
>  Hi,
> 
> @mail.china.com does provide free email service, and they have a large 
> number of user base.
> And their MX setup:
> 
> mail.china.com. 297 IN CNAME mail.china.com.cachecn.com.
> mail.china.com.cachecn.com. 97 IN MX 10 mx-mail-china-com.icoremail.net.
> 
> Will some email deliver systems break due to this setup? Thanks.

MTA's that follow RCF 822 will rewrite user at mail.china.com as
user at mail.china.com.cachecn.com.

MTA's that follow RFC 2822 or RFC 5322 won't preform the rewrite.

The better solution for this would be two MX records.

   mail.china.com. IN MX 10 mx-mail-china-com.icoremail.net.
   mail.china.com.cachecn.com. IN MX 10 mx-mail-china-com.icoremail.net.

Mark
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