5 Apr
2004
5 Apr
'04
5:09 p.m.
* 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: