Fwd: [rt.ietf.org #24364] mail.ietf.org. is ietf.org., Remove MX Records For Less Spam

[Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[e-mail]>]

Discussion, please.  See below for my take; the IETF is one host, MX is really meaningless, and there are benefits to avoiding a ton of spambot zombie spam.

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> Date: 25 February 2010 18:16:44 GMT
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> Thank you!
> 
> Regrettably, we got many MANY complaints in the past from IETF community
> members who objected strongly to the absence of MX records.  So although
> I personally feel as you do, I cannot make the suggested change at this
> time.
> 
> Perhaps the spirit of things has changed.  You are welcome to bring this
> up on the IETF list if you want, and to quote this response.  Having
> been beaten down once, I'm not prepared to fight that battle again just
> yet.  :-)
> 
> Glen
> 
> On Thu Feb 25 06:08:22 2010, [e-mail] wrote:
>> In the spirit of abiding by the rules we strive so hard to write ...
>>   :-)
>> 
>> mail.ietf.org. is ietf.org., so you can remove your MX records for
>>   ietf.org.  This should cut down on spam since a lot of spambots
>>   will skip over domains whose MX list cannot be obtained.  Real
>>   mailers will of course fall back to A/AAAA as per RFC 2821/5321.  A
>>   few hosts will have trouble, but very, very few indeed, and that
>>   isn't your (our?) fault.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Sabahattin