Re: [exim] MX records with IP addresses

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Author: Dave Evans
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] MX records with IP addresses
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 06:10:48PM +0100, Marten Lehmann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I know that it isn't RFC conform, but we have a problem to send emails
> to a Chinese ISP which MX record looks like this:
>
> example.cn.         900     IN      MX      20 1.2.3.4.

>
> Exim bounces a mail with the following message:
>
> It appears that the DNS operator for example.cn has installed an invalid
> MX record with an IP address instead of a domain name on the right hand
> side.
>
> What can I do to make exim deliver mails to this domain anyway?


Look for "allow_mx_to_ip" in the spec.

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Dave Evans
Power Internet
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