On 12Jul24, Bill Cole via mailop apparently wrote:
> > Nearly 1/2 a century later, it's still the case that most mail clients
> > will look for address RRs in the absence of an MX.
>
> Because failing to do so would be ignoring a requirement of the SMTP
> specification.
Yes. Everyone knows
On 11Jul24, Cody Millard via mailop apparently wrote:
> What is "A RR" ?
Sounds like they're talking about DNS A RRs (Address records).
Circa 1986 the DNS community introduced the MX RR with a view to transitioning
away from
how a mail client would look up an address RR directly for a target
On 06Jun24
> I too raised a ticket with ABB as I accidentally discovered that
> 67.231.157.0/24 was not
> able to reach my mail servers on the ABB network.
FYI. ABB have worked with the other network ops and recently fixed this routing
issue.
Not strictly a mailops issue per se, but
On 06Jun24, Viktor Dukhovni via mailop apparently wrote:
> > I'd also raise it with Aussie Broadband and see if they are able to
I too raised a ticket with ABB as I accidentally discovered that
67.231.157.0/24 was not
able to reach my mail servers on the ABB network. Fortunately in enough time
