nanog mailing list archives

Re: Mailserver requirements


From: Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 23:09:45 +0200


* arnold () nipper de (Arnold Nipper) [Mon 05 Apr 2004, 23:04 CEST]:
Today I run across a MTA which refused to accept mail because it could
not detect an MX record for the reverse mapping of the IP address of the
server which tried to deliver mail. Is this correct?

Any mail server operator is of course free to implement such a policy,
but no RFC exists to back it up.

MX records aren't needed to send mail; an A record is enough.


        -- Niels.

-- 
Today's subliminal thought is: 


Current thread: