At 12:41 PM -0500 11/20/01, R. Scott Perry imposed structure on a stream of electrons, yielding: >>This message is coming from comet.bluemarble.net, even though SIMS at >>my domain (theagateworkshop.com) insists that comet.bluemarble.net >>doesn't exist. Can SOMEONE explain why? > >Because there is no MX record for comet.bluemarble.net. It has an A >record, but no MX record. Many mail servers will look up the A >record if the MX record doesn't exist, and try using it. But, the >missing MX record is a problem at that domain.
SIMS will accept either an MX or an A record in the Return-Path check. -- Bill Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
