OT - Sendmail accept_unresolvable domains

[Glenn Steen]

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On 09/12/05, Kai Schaetzl <maillists at conactive.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> --
> Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany
> Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com
>
Ok ... (me crawling back under my postfix-rock:-)

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-- Glenn
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