On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Mark Guz wrote:
> Exim seems to hold onto domains that dont exist.
>
> compserve.com instead of compuserve.com for instance.
But that does exist:
compserve.com. 3600 A 209.19.112.111
compserve.com. 3600 NS gorilla.dataart.com.
compserve.com. 3600 NS news.dataart.com.
> My questions are, if a dnslookup returns no mx's why doesnt exim just bin
> the message?
If a dnslookup returns no MXs, Exim looks for an A record, in accordance
with the rules that are defined in the RFCs. If you want to break the
rules, you can set mx_domains in the lookuphost router, but you will cut
yourself off from those sites (and there still seem to be plenty) who do
not set up MX records.
> and can you specify a list of domains to explicitly reject.
reject_domains:
driver = domainlist
self = fail_hard
domains = list:of:domains:to:reject
route_list = * localhost byname
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