Re: Last Call: draft-klensin-rfc2821bis

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Wed, 26 March 2008 03:21 UTC

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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:18:53 -0400
From: Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>
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To: Ned Freed <ned.freed@mrochek.com>
Subject: Re: Last Call: draft-klensin-rfc2821bis
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Ned Freed wrote:
>> 	er, NO.  SMTP has no dependence on what may or may
>> 	not exist in the DNS.  Forcing SMTP to depend on DNS
>> 	is a huge mistake.  And yes Virginia, I plan on removing
>> 	A rr's from my zones (eventually)
> 
> You know, that's a very interesting point. One of more common configuration
> variations we see is to disable MX lookups and just use address records.

how does anyone expect that to work across administrative domains?

Keith
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