Re: rules for MX records

Cnews-ms wrote:
> Can I point my MX record to an alias or should I use an A record. is
> there an RFC to reference??

MX record should only point to an A record, no CNAMES or IP addresses.
CNAMEs are prohibited in MX records, according to RFC974, RFC1034 3.6.2,
RFC1912 2.4, and RFC2181 10.3




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