Ok, fix : I was wrong. RFC 974 states that it's legal for a domain to have no MX records, in which case the mailer would try to route the mail to the host with the name 'domain.tld', for example, if the _domain_ 'parasol.co.il' has no MX records listed, then the mailer would attempt to deliver the message to the _host_ named 'parasol.co.il' if one exists. Oded -- If Vegetarians Eat Vegetables....Then Beware Of Humanitarians. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oded Arbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux-Il Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 9:26 AM Subject: Fw: MX records (was: Re: FreeHand files under linux) > Wrong. > If you want to recieve mail, you must have an MX record. mail servers > don't check and "guess" that if a domain has a 'mail.domain' host, then > that's probably the mail relay. it doesn't work like that, or else all kinds > of strange and wierd mess would happen. that's what standards are for. > > For a mail relay to send you mail, you must have an MX record pointing at > your own mail relay. > > Oded > > -- > Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see. > -- William Newton Clarke ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
