email routing to seemingly un-routeable domains
Jim Pazarena
bind at ccstores.com
Mon Sep 5 20:26:14 UTC 2005
/dev/rob0 wrote:
>On Monday 2005-September-05 15:02, Jim Pazarena wrote:
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>>I have an issue cropping up with a domain name of:
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>> sk.sympatico.ca
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>>a user claims that it is a valid domain name for a friend of his, but
>>my mail server claims it to be un-routeable,
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>How so? What does it say?
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>>and indeed a "dig" doesn't produce much info.
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>It has SOA, and 2 NS records. No A nor MX.
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>>what happens with names such as these on mail servers which actually
>>_can_ route to it? how do they do it?
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>Perhaps it is a case of differing views for their clients. I'm unsure
>what you are asking here. Do not confuse routing with resolution.
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the question then, is,
SHOULD a mail transport agent accept an email addressed to this domain?
with no "A" or "MX"
how would it determine how to route it ?
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