On 13 Oct 2020, at 09:45, Bernardo Reino <rei...@bbmk.org> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Oct 2020, Jason Long wrote: > >> I have an Internet domain name and a Linux server and I want to have an >> email server for send and receive emails. For example, if my domain is >> "example.net" then I want to have a "i...@example.net" address for send and >> receive emails from the Internet. > > But then why no MX record? > > It's absolutely common, normal and expected to have an MX record so that > other MTAs know where you actually want to have your mail delivered.
It is also somewhat suspicious to have a mail server without an MX record. Sure, it’s ALLOWED, but it’s still weird. -- 99 percent of police give the rest a bad name.