In message <20090410081050.ga13...@nic.fr>, Stephane Bortzmeyer writes: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 09:57:14AM +0200, > Ond?ej Sur=FD <ondrej.s...@nic.cz> wrote = > > a message of 77 lines which said: > > > > "MX 0 ." is the standard way of saying "we don't do email". > > Bullshit. > > > How different MTAs behave? > > Postfix does not ask the root, it stops after it had the MX: > > Apr 10 10:08:48 aetius postfix/smtp[32380]: warning: valid_hostname: empty = > hostname > Apr 10 10:08:48 aetius postfix/smtp[32380]: warning: malformed domain name = > in resource data of MX record for security.eu.debian.org: = > > Apr 10 10:08:48 aetius postfix/smtp[32380]: 0FA6094E35: to=3D<doesnotex...@= > security.eu.debian.org>, relay=3Dnone, delay=3D0.05, delays=3D0.04/0.01/0/0= > , dsn=3D5.4.4, status=3Dbounced (Name service error for name=3Dsecurity.eu.= > debian.org type=3DMX: Malformed or unexpected name server reply) > > > there could be RFC I am not aware of which defines this thing as > > "standard". > > There is no standard way to say "I don't want to receive email" > (unfortunately). > > _______________________________________________ > DNSOP mailing list > DNSOP@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
This has been proposed in the past and is consistent with how SRV signals no support. FUD has always shot it down. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: mark_andr...@isc.org _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop