[Mimedefang] test md_check_against_smtp_server
David F. Skoll
dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Thu Feb 20 13:50:01 EST 2003
On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Fox, Randy wrote:
> Thanks, I should have caught that. During my testing, it appears
> that the sending function only checks the server whose DNS Address
> record that resolves to $server.
Yes.
> Shouldn't it retrieve the MX record and traverse those addresses
> first, just like sendmail does?
Probably not. There is no point in asking non-primary MX hosts if a
local address exists or not, because they won't know the answer. Only
the primary MX host with the local mail store is in a position to
perform final recipient validation. (Usually, anyway.)
--
David.
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