Re: An A record is an MX record and is a missing MX....

[Adam McKenna <adam () flounder net>]

On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 04:04:54PM -0500, Richard Irving wrote:
>    Agreed, but nothing -requires- an MTA Agent have an MX record, in the first
>   place.... it is just a best CBP. Not having one means you don't comply  
>   with ALL the RFC, but you are still RFC compliant. Not the same thing, FWIW.

Yes, my point was that hosts that insist on an MX record being present are
not RFC-compliant.

> > >    Lemmings make a mad dash towards a cliff, every so often, en masse....
> >
> > This is a fallacy perpetrated by Disney.
>
>    No, that they are committing suicide is a fallacy. That they jump up
>   and begin migrating to lower population density regions is fact... 
>   and they "just happen" to suicide in the process.

Both are fallacies.  They neither commit suicide nor jump off cliffs en
masse.  But as you demonstrated in the rest of your post, this is getting off
topic...

--Adam