7/16 The administrators of domain http://foobar.com refuse to ad an MX record
for it, citing RFC 974 and claiming that ISPs should default to
the web IP when sending to http://foobar.com. People trying to send to
@foobar.com get their mails bounced because of lack of MX. ISP
admins say "sorry, no MX, no mail". Neither side will reconfigure.
Who's right?
\_ http://foobar.com is right. ISP admins should take their heads out of
their respective asses and read said RFC.
\_ I've had "MSCE"s tell me the same bullshit about machines
at Cal. They're full of shit. If there's no MX record you
deliver to the A. -tom
\_ Is it really the *web* IP?!
\_ Alright, http://foobar.com is right modulo the incorrect
term "web IP", probably due to the motd poster, not
http://foobar.com itself, and clearly meant to refer to the A
record. -- original responder |