>If someone doesn't want a domain name to get email, the solution is simple. >Don't start an SMTP >listener. For bonus points, don't publish MX records for the domain either. >Avoid having A or AAAA >records too, or at least make sure they go somewhere that doesn't listen for >SMTP.
That "works", but it will take a week of repeated connection attempts before the message times out. As I think I said, the person who asked has a domain a typo away from a very popular one, and would like to get rid of the unwanted traffic efficiently while still having his web server or whatever on the A record. The IETF had and currently has no opinion about this hack either way. I'm trying to figure out whether it's worth resuscitating the draft and publishing it. R's, John
