[DNSOP] Mail addresses in .arpa

"John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Sun, 08 April 2018 18:14 UTC

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One day when I should have been doing something else, I make some .arpa 
e-mail addresses.

Try sending mail to johnl@m.183.57.64.in-addr.arpa and in all likelihood I 
will get it.

I know it's ugly, but is there any rule that forbids putting an MX in a 
reverse zone?

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies",
Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly