On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Paul Hoffman wrote: > > At 6:58 PM +0200 4/4/08, Michael Storz wrote: > >Now, we can speculate > > > >- Is the missing MX RR by intention? > > Yes. Is there an email address at mail.imc.org that you wanted to send mail > to. > > >- Is the administrator clueless? > > Sometimes. > > >- Is he lazy? > > Often times. > > >- Is it just a configuration error (mail.imc.org instead of imc.org)? > > No. imc.org has an MX record, and has for over a decae. > > >or we could just ask Paul Hoffman :-) > > Or, you can be more specific. What is the problem of a host that is > never expected to be on the RHS of an email address expected to have > an MX record? That's an honest question, given that it has been over > 12 years with the current setup. > Sorry for not being specific enough, I thought it would be obvious after looking into the header of the message. I am referring to the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the meantime I am convinced that it is a configuration error, because I looked into my archive:
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Oct 27 04:22 MET 1999 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 3 00:37 MET 1999 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 3 07:14 MET 1999 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 10 23:22 MET 2000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Mar 11 00:30 MET 2000 Regards, Michael Storz -- ====================================================== Leibniz-Rechenzentrum | <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boltzmannstr. 1 | Fax: +49 89 35831-9700 85748 Garching / Germany | Tel: +49 89 35831-8840 ======================================================
