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| Sep 26, 2018 at 20:50 | comment | added | Loduwijk | (2/2)... to suggest that you cannot see where you ever said they can co-exist, and likewise to act like Yeats' confusion cannot be understood. However, that does not mean that I am defending Yeats' actions. @Yeats your frustration is understood, but you have responded very poorly. I won't agree nor disagree about your view that they are baiting you, but regardless of what their intentions are you have not handled the situation as well as you should have. Even if everything you said were true, your best response would be to respond calm and respectful to what you perceive as harassment. | |
| Sep 26, 2018 at 20:46 | comment | added | Loduwijk | Late to the game here, but in case @Yeats and Michael are still around... I just stumbled onto this Q&A, and I must say that at first glance it appears that Yeats has an excellent point. I was confused just like Yeats. It wasn't until I re-read things carefully more than once that it started to make sense. Michael, with all due respect, the technical explanation you started to give was confusing at first, and it did start to look like you were contradicting yourself. It took a more careful read to realize that you were not contradicting yourself. As such, it is somewhat disingenuous to...(1/2) | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:14 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jul 15, 2016 at 18:32 | comment | added | Andrew B | @Reaces Correct, but s/you don't CNAME your top/you can't CNAME your top/. | |
| Jul 13, 2016 at 8:25 | comment | added | Reaces | @Yeats He is trying to tell you that you can have records with different names, and don't need to create a subdomain for an MX record, you just need to use a name that is not currently used for a CNAME. The reason he says your top should have the MX record, is because usually you don't CNAME your top record, you put an A record there and your MX record. (take my comment with a grain of salt, I don't use DNS in my daily work and my last experience with it was 5 years ago) | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:25 | comment | added | Yeats | When did I say something rude? You are trying to rile me up by claiming two different things all the time. You simply can't admit that EEAA was wrong, and that you are. I DON'T need to create a subdomain for my MX records. MX records and CNAME can't co-exist. You. Are. Wrong. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:23 | comment | added | Michael Hampton Mod | @Yeats You already said something rude; I could have suspended you right then. But I was serious about trying to help you understand your DNS issue. All I got from you was hostility. Just as you did to EEAA. Again, the only abuse in this whole situation originated with you. I'm done trying to help you. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:19 | comment | added | Yeats | Because you want to defend your moderator buddy and you want me to say something rude so you can ban me. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:18 | comment | added | Michael Hampton Mod | @Yeats Here I am trying to help you, and you start up attacking me again? Why am I bothering? | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:18 | comment | added | Yeats | Ah, avoiding the question because you know you're gonna look bad if you answer it and contradict earlier statements. Nice one. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:17 | comment | added | Michael Hampton Mod | @Yeats Exactly what CNAME records do you have? | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:15 | comment | added | Yeats | Okay. So remind me again why it's not the CNAME record's "fault" that I can't have an MX record? And also, remind me why I need to create a subdomain for my MX record? | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:14 | comment | added | Michael Hampton Mod | @Yeats Right. The domain example.com can have an MX record, and most domains do. If it has an MX record, though, it cannot have a CNAME. But some other name can have a CNAME. Just because example.com has an MX record, doesn't affect www.example.com (which is a completely different name!). And you took that quote out of context; read the rest of the sentence. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:13 | comment | added | Yeats | Also: "Your www.example.com CNAME can happily co-exist with MX records" | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:13 | comment | added | Yeats | Maybe because you literally said they could? Quote: "No, your CNAME is not the reason you can't use MX records." (Not you, but you quoted it.) Your quote: "You don't need a subdomain. The domain example.com itself can have an MX record (and this is the usual setup)." | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:11 | comment | added | Michael Hampton Mod | Why do you think I said CNAME and MX can coexist? I literally cannot find this anywhere. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:11 | comment | added | Yeats | Okay. This is beginning to look like another conversation I just had. First you literally say CNAME and MX can co-exist. Then I ask why I need a subdomain if that's the case. Then you say they can't co-exist. Why don't you just ban me, that is clearly your goal here. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:09 | comment | added | Michael Hampton Mod | @Yeats As I said, you have a fundamental misunderstanding. That is not only not what I said, it's not true. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:09 | comment | added | Yeats | Wow. You literally said they can co-exist. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:07 | comment | added | Michael Hampton Mod | @Yeats CNAME and MX cannot coexist. The same name cannot have a CNAME record and any other record. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:06 | comment | added | Yeats | But his answer claims I do need a subdomain. Which is why we had a back and forth in the first place. But suddenly I'm the stupid one for asking why I need a subdomain if CNAME and MX can co-exist... | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:04 | comment | added | Michael Hampton Mod | @Yeats You don't need a subdomain. The domain example.com itself can have an MX record (and this is the usual setup). | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:02 | comment | added | Yeats | At which point I asked him why I needed a subdomain if that was the case. To which he never answered. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:01 | comment | added | Michael Hampton Mod | @Yeats There's been absolutely no abuse of power here. The only abuse has been from you. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:01 | comment | added | Michael Hampton Mod | @Yeats Oh, but he did. He said: "No, your CNAME is not the reason you can't use MX records. Your www.example.com CNAME can happily co-exist with MX records for sub.example.com pointing to whatever mailservers you want." You don't appear to have acknowledged this at all. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:01 | comment | added | Yeats | How surprising that a moderator sticks up for another moderator and abuse their power together! | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 21:00 | comment | added | Yeats | Ah, so I'm not allowed to ask questions to which I don't already have the answer. Gotcha. And no, he didn't explain it. | |
| Jul 12, 2016 at 20:59 | history | answered | Michael HamptonMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |