Date: 12 Dec 1998 18:12:00 +0200
From: kaih@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen)
To: drums@cs.utk.edu
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Subject: Re: Suggested Clarification to Sect 5 last Para
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randy@qualcomm.com (Randall Gellens)  wrote on 09.12.98 in <v04103606b29472a1abb0@[129.46.55.120]>:

> > If there are no records left at that point, it is an error
> > condition, and the message MUST be returned as undeliverable.
>
> If there are no records left at that point, unless the server has
> specifically configured to route or otherwise handle such messages,

s/such message/messages for those destinations/

> it is an error condition, and the message MUST be returned as
> undeliverable. Note that
> servers MUST NOT at that point attempt to use the A record for the
> destination as an MX record.

Except for the case where they know the destination, of course, then it  
might be sensible.

I think the important point here is that differing behaviour is OK for  
specific destinations, but not as general behaviour.

MfG Kai