On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, listrcv wrote:
> >
> > Which RFC does specify that an MTA must have a static IP and DNS entries?
>
> When the original RFCs were written *every* Internet host had a static
> IP. It was taken for granted. That was the way the Internet worked. But
> there was no DNS...
>
> The newer RFCs don't mention this either (I suspect - I haven't read
> every RFC).

They do require that the MTA uses FQDNs practically everywhere, which
pretty much always ties the MTA configuration to its DNS and IP address.

Tony.
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