Sam Varshavchik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > MX records contain hostnames, not IP addresses. Normal processing of MX > records will result in the malformed MX record getting ignored (since > the A lookup on the hostname will fail). > > So, with none the wiser, the MX record will be ignored. This may not be > noticable right away, and everyone will carry on, forging ahead for some > time, before anyone realizes that this MX ain't getting much mail. > > This is a special-case testing for a common misconfiguration, and > explicitly rejecting it in a visible way, so that it may be fixed.
I think the question is: Why does it *need* to be fixed in the first place, except for the reason that it's not RFC compliant? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
