Curious Firefox error 339

In comp.os.linux.misc, on Tue 07 February 2006 17:15, Paul Black

Had he known how to check, he would know the following facts:

1 The domain is mine 2 The hostname "please" figures in an MX record for my domain 3 In any case, properly configured software would not be trying

Since he has no understanding of how domains work, he is in no position to judge whether my email addresses are valid or not. Even if he tries to communicate with me by email, his results will be atypical and will not teach him anything.

Actually, none of the quotes that he mentions says anything like that. The use of .invalid is only preferred forinvalidemail addresses. Which is not the case with my email addresses

There is a perfectly valid MX record for please.do-not-spam.me.uk although it might not have the consequences that "Crashdamage" would expect, but then if he has misconfigured his software to the extent

Or in the case of the email address to which "Crashdamage" objects, the SMTP server will accept the mail, then direct it to the IP address that corresponds to the MX record.

No it would not. mail sent to that hostname will be correctly delivered, although the results may not be what someone as clueless as "Crashdamage" might desire.

Agreed, what you describe would happen for any .invalid address

Mail to please.do-not-spam.me.uk will generate no more DNS traffic than mail to any other host that has a valid MX record. -- Robert HULL If it's there and you can see it - it's real If it's there and you can't see it - it's transparent If it's not there and you can see it - it's virtual If it's not there and you can't see it - it's gone!