On Jul 27, 2012, at 6:40 PM, David Miller wrote:
> MX records don't "chain".
But they do, "Expand".
And I can think of a way whereby if an MX record referenced itself, *AND*
included something extra … (did you see the something extra?)
That it would be possible (and I'm not saying this is what is happening, but …
it could be) …
That an internal process could go resolving MX records, and adds them all to an
internal table, until it figures it's got 'em all…
"Gotta Get 'Em All!"
… and maybe, just maybe … it exhausts the table space, and gives up, and tries
the A record.
I'm not saying this would be "Standard".
I'm not saying this is the best, or perhaps even an acceptable way to do it.
Or that it is in fact what is happening.
But the config looked weird, and I can imagine … a system being written as
described … and breaking just this way given that MX configuration.
I can imagine Test … not catching it.
Aloha,
Michael.
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