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MX-CNAME-TARGET

MX target is a CNAME

What it means

RFC 2181 forbids MX targets that are aliases. Many servers handle it, some do not, and it slows delivery.

How to fix it

  1. 1Point the MX at the canonical hostname instead of the alias.

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