Re: I want to be able to use MX records on IBM AIX

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From: David Barr
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:31

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In article <1993Jan28.180032.4365@uvm.edu> wollman@sadye.emba.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman) writes:
>Quoth RFC 1123, ``Requirements for Internet Hosts'':
>
>      5.3.5  Domain Name Support
>[..]
>
>It's time for IBM to stop fooling around on this one.  MX PROCESSING
>IS *****NOT***** AN OPTION!

	Calm down!  Who says that all workstations running AIX are
connected to the Internet?  If they're not, it's just wasted resources.
*You* run with an MX mailer, and *I* run with an MX mailer.  It doesn't
mean that *everyone* *everwhere* need run an MX mailer.

--Dave
-- 
System Administrator, Population Research Institute    barr@pop.psu.edu
A .sig quote is like a summer job, okay for a few months but not much more.

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