According to http://dnsstuff.com/tools/[EMAIL PROTECTED] the secondary will not relay to the first one.
> -----Original Message----- > From: R. Scott Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 3:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] MX record issue > > > > >I have a customer that is trying to send to someone that has > an invalid, > >or at least malformed, mx record. However even thought the > MX record was > >entered as an IP address - which I unerstand is incorrect - > the only folks > >complaining about not being able to send to this person are > the folks that > >are on my Imail Server. I can send to this guy from my > Exchange server > >find. Is this just an issue of some servers being able to read this > >record and other not??? Thanks for your input. > > It isn't RFC-compliant. > > It's kind of like sending a "snail mail" letter with a phone > number instead > of an address on it. Yes, you and I know what it means -- > but that doesn't > mean that it will get delivered. Sure, a small town post > office may see > that it is a local phone number that belongs to Mrs. Smith, > and deliver it > to her -- but that doesn't mean that it is OK to send mail that way. > > >02/12/04 14:09:25 dig bruntassociates.com @ ns15a.boca15-verio.com > > Or, > http://www.dnsreport.com/tools/mail.ch?domain=bruntassociates.com , > which shows that the MX record is bogus. I don't recall > offhand, though, > how a mailserver should respond in a case like this, where > the MX record > has a hostname that is bogus and another that is valid. This > is the first > time I've seen such a case (although I've seen a lot of cases > with a single > bogus hostname). > > -Scott > --- > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail > mailservers > since 2000. > Declude Virus: Catches known viruses and is the leader in mailserver > vulnerability detection. > Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
