On 01/05/2018 02:56 PM, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: > I think you are confused: I am not talking about what you get back, I am > talking about what you ask *for*.
>I think you are confused: I am not talking about what you get back, I > am > talking about what you ask *for*. That is just not logical. WHen you ask FOR something, that is what you get back. > You can ask for an MX record for *FOOHost*. > You can ask an MX record for FOOHost's *domain*. That has nothing to do with this. > They are *not the same* MX record and there is no mechanism to return > the latter if you ask for the former. again, that has nothing to do with this. > When you are *looking up a host*, you are asking for A/CNAME. That is not a true statement. When you are looking for a MAIL host, it is logical to ask for it with an MX record. > That's a "non-mx record lookup" which you find "a little strange". > It isn't. To you. But in the world of mail and DNS, you look up a SMTP hosts with mx records. That was why we invented them... -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013 ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
