On 12Jul24, Bill Cole via mailop apparently wrote:
> > Nearly 1/2 a century later, it's still the case that most mail clients 
> > will look for address RRs in the absence of an MX.
> 
> Because failing to do so would be ignoring a requirement of the SMTP 
> specification.

Yes. Everyone knows this.

The main observation, which appears to need spelling out, is that at the time 
it was hoped
that this would be a "transition plan" for an Internet protocol which has 
proved to be a
harbinger for many other "transition plans" that followed.


Mark.
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