DNS recommendations - the paper

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procmail is your friend

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> Piet who, by the way?

Beertema.

> you should add MX records if a host will at some point receive mail (at
> its hostname).

no.  not at all needed.

> The Bat Book advises you to always add MX records

poor and unnecessary advice.

> Unfortunately I don't have my RFCs greppable currently, else I could quote
> the one that says that you should add an MX pointing elsewhere for a host
> that is incapable of receiving mail

i think we all agree that, if X can not receive mail directly, there should
be an MX for X pointing to an SMTP server.

the point is that, if X runs an SMTP server, then there is no need for an MX
for X.

randy