> On Jun 10, 2018, at 10:18 AM, Grant Taylor via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> On 06/09/2018 09:32 AM, Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
>> If a domain has no MX record, do all servers deliver to an AAAA record, as 
>> required by (at least) RFC3974, or do some email systems ignore domains with 
>> no MX and no A record ?
> 
> My personal stance has been "Don't be surprised if the lack of an MX fails 
> when you want it to work." and "Don't be surprised if you do receive email to 
> servers without an MX."
> 
> Isn't ambiguity fun.
> 
> I've seen people put MX records in for every single host in their network 
> referring back to a central email infrastructure that knew how to properly 
> handle email for said systems.
> 
> I've also started seeing a few Null MX records.
> 
>   example.net   IN   MX   0   .

Nice. It's been listed in a few best practice documents as well as RFC 7505 for 
more than a few years. Good to see it getting some traction.

Cheers,
  Steve
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