rules for MX records

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Can I point my MX record to an alias or should I use an A record. is there
an RFC to reference??

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