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Date:      Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:24:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To:        Peter Lockhart <peter@key.co.za>
Cc:        isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A records on mail domain
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10006131124140.12958-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.10006131649160.15191-100000@tigger.key.co.za>

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The key here is that if you do not have proper in-addr.arpa etc you are
likely a spammer.

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Peter Lockhart wrote:

> I am having problems with certain ISP mailservers rejecting my mail
> because :
> 
>     550 5.7.1 Invalid host:
>     key.co.za - authoritative host not found:
> 
> The mail adminstrators say they have configured their mail servers as such
> and that all domains must have valid forward and reverse lookups.
> So they've said to "add an A record anyway to the mail domain"
> 
> They claim its an RFC requirement.
> 
> To my mind , the servers should do an MX lookup and do the A record
> lookups on that host.
> 
> Is there any such RFC compliance requirement ?
> 
> Cheers
> Peter Lockhart
> 
> 
> 
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