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 Thank you for contributing to CoreDNS!
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 Please provide the following information to help us make the most of your pull request:
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-### 1. What does this pull request do?
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+### 1. Why is this pull request needed and what does it do?
 
 ### 2. Which issues (if any) are related?
 
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 ### 3. Which documentation changes (if any) need to be made?
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