On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 11:11:48AM -0600, Scott D. Yelich wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Petr Novotny wrote:
> > > > Pointing to CNAMEs is close to forbidden.
> > > ok, I can't resist:
> > > "WHY" ?
> > 1. Because the law (RFC) says so.
>
> but why was the "law" put in place? perhaps...
>
> > 2. You also want some logic? Because you'd have to start over
> > again resolving the CNAME chain. There were fears of efficiency.
>
> AH! Someone once thought it might not be as efficient.
>
> Which is used more (ie: higher traffic?) -- email or web? No, in
When this rule was devised the web didn't exist. When this rule
was devised there was indeen a single internet backbone and numerous
countries had less bandwidth to that backbone than a DSL line!
> It's only impossible until it's not.
> Certain types of laws can be changed.
Sure. And there are working groups associated with the IETF precisely
for this purpose. You should considering joining one if you're genuinely
interested in advocating changes or in understanding why things haven't
changed. For an example of how difficult it is to change a heavily
entrenced semi-standard application like email you may want to look at
the DRUMS working group archives.
> Actually, I'm honestly interested in learning the answer to those two
> questions -- without RTFMing all day, without reading FAQs all day and
> without INSTALLING and TRYING each mailer out there.
Fine, but what did you think of the 10 entries in the qmail list archive
that come up when you search for CNAME? Is checking the archives first
asking you to do too much?
Regards.
