Phillip Hutchings wrote: > The way the internet works is defined by the RFCs. Imagine if for some > reason a car manufacturer decided to have the registration/licence > plate on the roof of the car, not on the back. Sure, it's still there, > but it's not where it's supposed to be, and instead of arresting you > the police mounted mirrors on their cars long enough to get a > reflection of the plate.
That's exactly what I meant. *Mounting* the license plate on the roof is bad, but *looking* for the license plate on the roof isn't -- if it's not significantly more effort. > So why should a mail server work around something that has been > specifically forbidden by the standard? Because obviously a significant number of people misinterprets the RFC. > The RFC specifies that 'An MX record may only contain a pointer to a > valid A record'. And that's what it must contain. I agree, but then, there's that old saying "be strict in what you send, and liberal in what you accept". What harm is being done by looking for license plates on the roofs? I think there should at least be some BOFH option to disable this kind of strictness. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
