Thanks Lonnie! Deep linking to the specific material was much appreciated.
One more question (below)



> > Why isn't there just one standard prefix?
>

Check. I may want to be able to use BOTH mailgun and mandrill. I can have
arbitrary subdomains.

> How does that querying server know which to query?
>

Check. It's the 's' key in the outbound SMTP message.

> Isn't _ an illegal character?
>

Check. Only sometimes.
http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/underscore.html


BUT...

If it's supposed to be arbitrary, why does everyone use the same 5+
prefixes rather than randomly assigning a unique 6 character prefix?

I suppose it's memorable and I probably won't have more than 5 services
handling my outbound email. And I suppose that if both mailgun and mandrill
both direct me to use mx._domainkey I can send them
a support email or click the delete and create buttons to try again.

Is that it, just a happy-medium of a convention?

AJ ONeal

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