Jeffrey wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] Bind, DNS, authoritativeness and so on' on Sat, Oct 23 at 07:56:
problems although my preference is to use CNAMES for aliases instead of A records (others prefer your way so there's no reason to change it).
Ahh, the joys of DNS where everyone has a different way of doing it ;) It's worse than Perl!
Yeah, DNS can be a challenge. I've heard convincing arguments for both CNAMES and A records for aliases but honestly I don't remember what they are :-p
Just remember not to use a CNAME as an MX, as several mail servers will gripe about that and not deliver mail. Otherwise, I use CNAMES for everything possible, as it reduces the number of places I've gotta change things. --Danny, who's pretty sure his way of using perl is the right way ;)