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Michael Hallgren
hallgren at fdn.org
Wed Nov 25 00:22:27 CET 1998
On Tue, Nov 24, 1998 at 03:13:26PM -0800, Randy Bush wrote: > >>> @ IN SOA ns.isp.net. netmaster.isp.net. > >>> ( 1998100100 86400 3600 604800 345600 ) > >> s/netmaster/hostmaster/ see RFC 2142 > >> or, i think it was piet who recommended being conservative, and do not > >> relying on aliases, rather use a real mailbox name. > > So that person can safely go on a two-week holiday? > > I'd rather put in a real hostname and not rely on MX records > > not discussing MX RRs. mailbox names. the reason i mention piet's > recommendation is twofold, i think he used to chair this group, and he > wrote one of those silly rfc things. though checking 1537, this point > seems not to have made the final cut. piet, you still around? > > > (Remember that sendmail falls back to A records if it can't find any MX > > records for a host.) > > i think of it the other way, but with the same result. mail will be sent > to the (address in rdata of the) A RR unless some one put in an MX RR > because the (interface denoted in the) A RR can not accept mail. Yes. that's the point. Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I take an MX RR rather as a modulation over a zone. Michael > > randy > -- Michael Hallgren, http://mh.graphnet.fr
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