Re: arpa mail, was SF-lovers discussion list

Christian de Larrinaga <cdel@firsthand.net> Mon, 19 December 2016 16:31 UTC

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I've never tried that :-)
?
But you are right. That wasn't what I had in mind. But a more
interesting response than the question deserved.
thanks

C

> John Levine <mailto:johnl@taugh.com>
> 19 December 2016 at 14:23
>
> You can write to me at johnl@m.183.57.64.in-addr.arpa and it will
> work, but I suspect that's not what you had in mind.
>
> All of the remaining subdomains in .arpa are listed here:
>
> https://www.iana.org/domains/arpa
>
> I don't see anywhere that there might be an MX record other than us
> passive aggressive rDNS operators.
>
> R's,
> John
> Christian de Larrinaga <mailto:cdel@firsthand.net>
> 19 December 2016 at 14:00
> Looking at the digests you linked '80-'84. Does anybody still use .arpa
> domains for their email?
>
>
>

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