Ned Freed wrote: >> er, NO. SMTP has no dependence on what may or may >> not exist in the DNS. Forcing SMTP to depend on DNS >> is a huge mistake. And yes Virginia, I plan on removing >> A rr's from my zones (eventually) > > You know, that's a very interesting point. One of more common configuration > variations we see is to disable MX lookups and just use address records. (This > is done for a variety of reasons, most often having to do with administrative > control issues.) In an IPv6-only future world I see no reason why the need for > this sort of configuration will vanish and I don't think having the RFCs > say it shouldn't work is a good idea. > > I'm therefore changing my position from "no opinion" to "keep 2821bis the way > it is". > > Ned
I don't think disabling MX lookups altogether is a smart move. There could be a variety of reasons I want my A or AAAA records to point to one server, and my mail to go to a different server altogether. Willie _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
