>>>>> "@lbutlr" == @lbutlr <krem...@kreme.com> writes:
@lbutlr> On 30 Apr 2021, at 01:20, Arjen de Korte <build+dove...@de-korte.org> wrote: >> Citeren "@lbutlr" <krem...@kreme.com>: >> >>> When you enter your email address, it would be TRIVIAL to check the MX >>> records for the domain and fill those in for the SMTP and IMAP servers, >>> allowing users to more easily add (if needed) the domain prefix. >>> >>> No one does this. >> >> Rightfully so. There is absolutely no guarantee that the server on the >> inbound (MX) record also handles outbound and/or IMAP. In many cases, these >> will be different systems. lbutlr> It is very very common. It's been at least a decade since I lbutlr> saw a configuration in which the SMTP/IMAP servers were on a lbutlr> different domain than the MX domain. My current $WORK used to have different incoming MX servers vs the outgoing, since we used an external spam filtering service. John
