On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 00:34 -0500, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 12:51 AM -0400 2006-09-14, Jim Popovitch wrote: > > > Looking up MX records is also the job of an MUA, and Mailman is very > > much like an MUA, albeit on steroids. IMHO of course. > > I don't know of an MUA on the planet that looks up MX records. > > Check your RFCs. Checking MX records is most definitely the purview > of MTAs, since they're the ones expected to implement 2821 and to > ensure the rules of 2822 are followed (and correct if not).
OK, fair enough. Back to Mailman, why is checking MX records (or at least allowing specification of 2 or more SMTPHOSTS) a bad idea? It just seems to make good sense to me, considering failover, load balancing, resiliency, etc. -Jim P. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
