Re: [Exim] Verisign pulls a fast one

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Ralf G. R. Bergs
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Verisign pulls a fast one
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote:

> > Many mail servers fall back to the A record when no MX exists.
>
> If I'm not totally mistaken, this is the "correct"(TM) behavior, not
> just something "many" mail servers do.


It is what the RFCs say must happen. It is a pity that in the latest
revision, the opportunity to start to deprecate this was not taken.

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