[Mailman-Users] mm-handler setup, new domain

[Brad Knowles]

At 1:06 AM -0500 11/30/06, David Abrahams wrote:

>>  Just make sure you don't try to use a CNAME alias instead of a real IP
>>  address.  The RFCs require that all CNAME aliases get their hostname
>>  replaced with the actual canonical name that is referenced, and this
>>  will hose your Mailman configuration.  Directly resolve to real IP
>>  addresses and avoid any CNAME aliases, and you should be fine.
>
>  Pardon my ignorance, but is this a DNS setting you're referring to, or
>  is it something to do with configuration on the mailserver?

CNAME aliases are DNS records, yes.

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