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Re: BUG?: MX records of zero are ignored
On Sun, 1 Feb 1998, Mike Scher wrote:
> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 22:10:21 -0600 (CST)
> From: Mike Scher <strange@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Qmail Shepherds <djb-qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: BUG?: MX records of zero are ignored
>
> On 2 Feb 1998 stig@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Qmail ignores all MX records that are set to zero. I don't know if sendmail
> > does the same or not. But I keep seeing this sort of bounce, so qmail is
> > certainly pickier than other MTAs.
>
> Hrm. Very peculiar -- I mail to a bunch of domains that have their mail
> pointed to a set of MX records with the lowest of 0. I can see from my
> ident server's logs that the mail is definitely being sent to the machine
> listed as MX 0 for the domains. Something else is going on there. What
> it is, I don't know; since you can telnet straight in there from your
> machine and get the banner, it's not wrapped against you. Like another
> poster said, perhaps a broader swath of your qmail logs would help.
>
> Also, what OS and BIND version are you using? I don't know if qmail
> relies enough on the BIND implementation and libs for a bug in there to
> cause this kind of behavior, but it's worth a looksee.
Qmail doesn't rely on bind or any local libraries. It is probably another
problem. May I ask what the use of a MX record being set to 0 is though?
>
> -M
>
> Michael Brian Scher (MS683) | Anthropologist, Attorney, Part-Time Guru
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>
>
>
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