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Date:      Wed, 08 Nov 2000 00:00:06 +0100
From:      Len Conrad <lconrad@Go2France.com>
To:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: non-existant MX
Message-ID:  <5.0.0.25.0.20001107235803.030b4eb0@mail.Go2France.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011071155070.21941-100000@arnold.neland.dk>

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>How can I in the dns specify there is no mailserver for a domain?
>
>I have domains where the domain itself has an ip-adress, for having
>www.this.dom = this.dom, but where there are no mailserver.
>
>I see some mailers trying to send the mail to the ip-adress of the
>webserver.
>
>Would some of these work?
>
>no.mailserver.for.this.domain.
>0.0.0.0?
>255.255.255.255?
>127.0.0.1?
>
>Or are there any magic values?

no, MTA's will look for a domain's MX(s), then the domain's A.

You can't change their behaviour.

"You build it, and they will mail to it"

Len


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