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bogusmx (was: Request for Input on the meaning of "pass".)

2005-06-03 08:32:23
wayne wrote:

there are even DNSBLs that, IMHO, do such stupid things as
list people who have a CNAME to their MX host and people
who, IMHO, do such stupid things as use those DNSBLs to make
hard rejects of email.

Accepting mail from a bogus MX is a bad plan, depending on the
MTA sending to an MX with an IP instead of a name might fail.

While that CNAME thing might be only as bad as a:11.22.33.44
in SPF I don't see a reason where it's useful.  If example.com
has an MX mail.example.com with a CNAME io.example.com with a
_second_ CNAME example.com then this _is_ bogus (= PermError).

               Bye, Frank (RFCI supporter for 3 years)



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