Re: [exim4] mixed up about terminology
On 10/13/2014 8:18 AM, Erwan David wrote:
> Le 13/10/2014 14:14, Jerry Stuckle a écrit :
>> On 10/13/2014 2:32 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
>>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 09:05:14PM -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>>> Among other things, legitimate MTAs have MX records.
>>> Not necessarily. In the absence of an MX record an A record is perfectly
>>> legitimate.
>>>
>>>
>> Legitimate MTAs have MX records. While an A record is perfectly
>> legitimate, an MUA won't have one of those, either.
> Inbound MTAs have MX records. Not outbound ones.
>> But more and more companies are filtering out emails which don't have
>> matching MS records.
>>
>
> That's an error and completely idiot : big service provider use
> different MTAs for inbound (with MX records pointing to them) and
> outbound email.
>
>
Which ones? Specific names, please.
Jerry
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