OT - Sendmail accept_unresolvable domains

[Kai Schaetzl]

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Glenn Steen wrote on         Fri, 9 Dec 2005 18:30:43 +0100:

> Don't think so, sounds like it'd reject any sending host that lack an 
> A/MX record... And rather many do. So you'd likely shoot your own foot 
> with that one (IIRC there is no mandate that a sending host is 
> resolvable in the RFCs).

No, this refers to the domain part of an email address (sender). This 
option should always be OFF. There's no good reason to accept a sender you 
can't reply to.

Kai

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