Re: sendmail?
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 06:55:26PM -0500, Sahil Tandon wrote:
> jkinz@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 01:33:47PM -0500, Sahil Tandon wrote:
> > > jkinz mentioned the connecting "system"; that is to say, the connecting
> > > client. That client needn't be the MX for the domain from which email
> > > is arriving.
> >
> > Negative, "system" -- that is to say "domain" in this case.
>
> system != domain in technical discourse, so no.
>
> > Consider yourself surprised..
>
> Consider yourself corrected.
>
> > email systems (domains) that don't have mx's will find themselves having
> > problems despite the fact that its not an rfc requirement.
>
> Truism. That is an entirely different statement than saying (as you did
> in your original post)
You can interpret it any way you like to make your position
correct. and you will. That petty game is played by many.
I'm mostly interested in conveying useful information.
Anyone who wants to send out their own email will find their life
better with an mx record, just like "tandon.net" has.
its "almost" a requirement (quoting what I actually said.)
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