Re: DNS question, null MX records

[Tony Finch <dot () dotat at>]

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009, James Hess wrote:

> Other tricks may be more obscure, will be less obvious that you don't
> want mail, and may look like a mistake -- you might even get visitors to
> your domain contacting you to report the broken MX record.

I think that's true with the suggestions in the rest of your post.

> An alternative to resolving MX to an invalid IP might be to cut to the
> chase and just  make further  DNS lookups impossible altogether...
> Or  for that matter  delegate the subdomain to  255.255.255.255.
> The recursive resolvers  already have to immediately reject DNS
> delegation to broadcast addresses and the like.

That'll result in a SERVFAIL DNS reply which the MTA will treat as
a temporary failure. Remember the aim is to get MTAs to give up on
undeliverable mail immediately.

Tony.
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