On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 09:30:27AM +1100, Mark Andrews wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:00:23AM +0100, Frank Ellermann wrote:
> > > Ned Freed wrote:
> > > 
> > > > If the consensus is that better interoperability can be had
> > > > by banning bare AAAA records that's perfectly fine with me.
> > > 
> > > FWIW, I'd like that...
> > > 
> > > >> Clarity can be established and interoperability _improved_ 
> > > >> by limiting discovery to just A and MX records.  Perhaps a
> > > >> note might be included that at some point in the future MX
> > > >> records may become required.
> > >  
> > > > Again, I have no problem with this approach if that's what
> > > > the consensus is.
> > > 
> > > ...and that, too.  
> > 
> >     so what is supposed to happen when I remove all
> >     "A" RR's from my zones?
> 
>       The same thing that happens today with zones that don't
>       have A records.  You use MX records to refer to machines
>       that have address (A and/or AAAA) records.


        er...  what about zones w/ A & AAAA rr's and no MX's?
        when I pull the A rr's, you are telling me that SMTP
        stops working?  That is so broken.

--bill

> 
>       Mark
> -- 
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--bill

Opinions expressed may not even be mine by the time you read them, and
certainly don't reflect those of any other entity (legal or otherwise).

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