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