Re: DNS question, null MX records

[Daniel Senie <dts () senie com>]

I disagree. There was considerable concern with a misuse of a mechanism and its effect on various systems. That, from 
discussion on the IETF mailing list I was on when it was discussed there. There was no rough consensus that I could see.


On Dec 15, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Tony Finch wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > * Eric J. Esslinger:
> >
> > > I found a reference to a null MX proposal, constructed so:
> > > example.com    IN    MX 0 .
> >
> > I think this is quite controversal.
>
> My impression from discussions on various IETF lists is that most people
> think it is a good idea, it is already reasonably widely implemented, but
> no-one has the time and persistence to push a spec through to publication.
>
> Tony.
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