[BUGS] dns, a question

[jonathan michaels]

greetings all,

apologies if this sounds like a silly question, i suppose what
i am really asking, is my understanding of dns relatively sound
?

ok, here goes, i have set an alias in my dns A records part of
teh named.conf, now whenever i use dig/host/nslookup et al, to
lookup the alias (for mail..com.au) i get the physical machines
details that is running this particular facility, so far so
good.

now, i assume that the dns is working as it should, yes ? can i
use the alias interchangably with the 'real name' for gnome
based x11 objects like kmail, epiphany, so on ??

maybe i am asking a silly/obvious question, i ask because i
really want an answer, which will colour my thinking going
forward .. which is why i ask this question.

apologies but much thanks apreciations

regards

jonathan

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