Re: [Exim] MX without A allowed by which RFC's?

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Author: Tony Finch
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To: jpdalbec
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] MX without A allowed by which RFC's?
John Dalbec <jpdalbec@???> wrote:
>What RFC allows an MX record (example.com -> mail.example.com say) to exist
>without an A record for example.com existing?


RFC 1123 says "With the advent of the domain system and of mail routing
using mail-exchange (MX) resource records, implementors should now think
of delivering mail to a user at a domain, which may or may not be a
particular host."

Tony.
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