Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 21:44:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.magicnet.net> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.9.x check_mail anti-spam rule broken? Message-ID: <199907020145.VAA47051@bilver.magicnet.net> In-Reply-To: <377B977B.644C021D@mci.com> from Jason Thomson at "Jul 1, 1999 5:29:47 pm"
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Jason Thomson recently said: > I know. I wasn't suggesting that they were particularly competent. > But they are one of many organisations that don't have A records > for their domain name. The question I was really asking was: > Is it necessary to have A records for a domain name in order to > have EMail messages accepted by Sendmail 8.9.x for senders from > that domain? > As far as I was aware, it shouldn't be necessary to have an A > record for a domain name, in order to send mail to that domain. Well a question then. Since an MX record points to a mail host name, how can you find the IP of that name with no A (A stands for address). ? Bill -- bv@wjv.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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