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| Message-ID | <2410073.QlCFy4piVf@PointedEars.de> (permalink) |
|---|---|
| From | Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> |
| Organization | PointedEars Software (PES) |
| Date | 2013-06-27 21:13 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.php |
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Gordon Burditt wrote:
>> Utter nonsense. An (standards-compliant) “MX” or “A” DNS record *never*
>> points to 127.0.0.1. In particular, an MX record never has an IP address
>> as its value, as I have already pointed out.
>
> You expect spammers, vandals, and viruses to generate standards-compliant
> DNS?
No, you are very confused.
> [non sequitur]
> An MX record is not supposed to have an IP address as it's value,
More, the value of an MX record is never interpreted as an IP address in the
first place, the same as the value of a CNAME record is never interpreted as
an IP address by any DNS client implementation that is not FUBAR.
> but there is a good chance that if it does (for the destination
> address) a good fraction of the mail will be delivered anyway.
Pray tell, which host will the mail be delivered to if it cannot be resolved
in the first place?
> […]
>> 127.0.0.1 is specified at most in the local host file, and resolving a
>
> There's nothing wrong with including "localhost" in a nameserver for
> a local LAN.
Depends.
>> domain name of a supposed e-mail address will *never* result in
>> 127.0.0.1.
>
> You're wrong, unless you're going to use the "(standards-compliant)"
> dodge.
It is no dodge, it is both the standard *and* the *implementation* of DNS.
> Some people don't know you shouldn't put IP addresses in MX records,
> especially those where it seems to work.
“Seems” is correct, because MX 127.0.0.1 is equivalent to 127.0.0.1.$ZONE,
_not_ to 127.0.0.1.
PointedEars
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FORMS, validating mail was sent Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-20 13:40 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-20 13:53 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2013-06-20 20:18 +0200
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-20 19:24 +0100
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-20 14:40 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent gordonb.vb4vo@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2013-06-20 14:44 -0500
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-20 22:03 +0100
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-21 14:06 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-22 11:42 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-06-23 13:13 +0200
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-23 12:22 +0100
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-23 13:07 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-23 13:00 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2013-06-23 20:22 +0200
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-23 14:53 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent gordonb.4qaft@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2013-06-24 14:43 -0500
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2013-06-24 15:09 -0500
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-06-25 15:19 +0200
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-25 10:11 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-25 11:43 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-25 11:32 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent gordonb.htsnc@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2013-06-27 10:57 -0500
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-06-27 21:13 +0200
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2013-06-28 11:43 +0200
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent gordonb.k0cb7@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2013-06-20 15:46 -0500
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-20 17:03 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent gordonb.udxst@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2013-06-21 19:26 -0500
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-21 20:36 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-22 12:04 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-06-20 23:39 +0200
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-06-21 10:11 +0100
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-21 11:25 +0100
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-06-21 12:27 +0100
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-21 17:59 +0100
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-06-21 18:25 +0100
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-21 23:43 +0100
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-06-22 13:45 +0100
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-22 12:20 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2013-06-20 17:27 -0500
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-21 07:57 +0100
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-06-22 12:02 -0400
Re: FORMS, validating mail was sent GravyCode <matty023@gmail.com> - 2013-06-21 11:30 -0700
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