Proper Way to Configure a Domain which never sends emails
Barry Margolin
barmar at alum.mit.edu
Tue Aug 20 15:00:30 UTC 2019
In article <mailman.937.1566250284.711.bind-users at lists.isc.org>,
Kevin Darcy <kevin.darcy at fcagroup.com> wrote:
> [ Classification Level: PUBLIC ]
Huh? Why does something sent to a public mailing list need an explicit
"classification level"?
>
> MXes are for *receiving* mail of course. The request is about *sending*
> mail.
True, but there's a common assumption that mail is sent from a domain
that can receive mail. Even email that says "Don't reply to this"
usually comes from an account at a domain that can receive mail; they
just ignore that mailbox.
> >
> > A common practice is to point the MX record to ".".
> >
> > --
> > Barry Margolin
> > Arlington, MA
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Barry Margolin
Arlington, MA
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