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Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query


From: Peter van Dijk <peter () dataloss nl>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 20:00:16 +0200


On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 12:02:09PM -0500, Brett Frankenberger wrote:
[snip]
RFC2821 would be a good place to go to justify decisions on same. 
(Well, to justify a decision to implement
postmaster () any domain for which mail is.accepted, and to implement
"postmaster".    It wouldn't really help you justify a decision to not
implement that.  OTOH, if someone is arguing that the the mere
existance of xyz.com implies that postmaster () xyz com must exist, then I
would note that neither RFC2821 nor any other RFC of which I am aware
imposes such a requirement.  As long as @xyz.com isn't being used for
any mail, there is no requirement for postmaster () xyz com to exist.)

Some country-TLD registrars do have this requirement, however.

Greetz, Peter
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