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Re: No MX record. Postfix not trying A record

From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Thu Feb 02 2006 - 07:50:13 CST


Chip Mefford:
> Have a few folks out there whose domains either do not publish
> MX records, or they have set their dns acls up in a strange way
> so that we cannot find their MX records.
>
> At any rate, postfix can't find a MX record, so it is deferring delivery.

IF and ONLY IF the lookup does not complete.

> Shouldn't postfix attempt delivery to the A record if there is
> no MX record?

IF and ONLY IF the lookup completes AND says no MX record exists.

Can't people read RFCs anymore?

        Wietse