Re: SMTP/MX intricacies [ot?]

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From: Andrew Gierth
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 00:00

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>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Clayton <richard@turnpike.com> writes:

 Richard> I don't think that SMTP specs can make DNS records invalid
 Richard> per se

Perhaps not, but having an MX record pointing to a CNAME has always
been invalid (AOL notwithstanding, though I see they've now found an
alternative way to break things). See RFC1034 and RFC2181.

-- 
Andrew.

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