[jadmin] Wildcard and SRV records (too much subdomains)

[Jacek Konieczny]

On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 12:36:49AM +0100, Matthias Wimmer wrote:
> Is xanthe.home.cu the same host as the host addressed by your wildcard
> record? In that case (as already said by others) you do not need the SRV
> records at all. They are just needed to redirect traffic to a host
> different than the one that gets resolved by the A record or to redirect
> the traffic to a non-standard TCP port.

SRV records SHOULD ALWAYS be there. Even if it is not needed (as A
record would be enough) other servers will ask for them before trying A
record. A is only a fallback and using it as the only way to get a
server address is discouraged. You would not set up a mail server
without MX record, would you?

And for some servers missing SRV records will cause unnecessary s2s
delays.

Greets,
        Jacek