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[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> 
> On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Joseph S D Yao wrote:
> 
> > > Some mail servers will fall back to using the A record, but they are by n
> o
> > > means required to, and in my opinion doing so is incorrect.
> >
> > Strangely, your opinion is in direct conflict with the RFCs.  They are
> > required to.
> 
> I do stand corrected.  After I made my post, I actually sought out the
> RFCs and found I had erred.  I probally should have done this in the
> oppisite order.
> 
> So, let my pose this less than hypothethical situation.
> 
> A site operator does define an MX, and it points to a hostname not an IP
> as required by an RFC.  But the hostname it points to does not resolve to
> an IP.
> 
> What should the mailer do?

	If the error in permanent (no domain / no data) return the message
	to the sender.  If it is temporary, queue and retry later.

> 
> -Chris
> -- 
> Two penguins were walking on an iceberg.  The first penguin said to the
> second, "you look like you are wearing a tuxedo."  The second penguin
> said, "I might be..."                         --David Lynch, Twin Peaks
> 
> 
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