May 9, 2023 at 4:07 AM, "Gellner, Oliver via mailop" <[email protected]> wrote:


> 
> If a receiver only accepts emails from sender addressed domains for which MX 
> or A records exist (such checks are performed by many receiving servers), it 
> means a sender has to 1. set up a DNS zone and 2. create a MX or A record 
> within it.


No. A DNS zone is not needed at all for sending email.

My ex-employer is a Nasdaq listed company, whose business email is with 
@staff.sina.com.cn. It has MX only, not a zone.

$ dig staff.sina.com.cn soa +short

$ dig staff.sina.com.cn mx +short
10 staffmx.sina.com.cn.
10 staffmx1.sina.com.cn.


Also, my policy in Postfix has setted up to reject messages from 
unknow_sender_domain, which means if a domain has neither MX nor A, it would be 
rejected by me. 

smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, 
reject_unknown_client_hostname, reject_unknown_sender_domain


As you see, Postfix's reject_unknown_sender_domain validates only MX and A, not 
SOA.

regards.



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