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Old Feb 20, 2010 | 1:56 am
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Originally Posted by IB-Dick
We're currently troubleshooting that, and one possible fix was to change it to servername.flyertalk.com, which didn't correct the problem.
Well, problem was/is there's no DNS entry (domain or host!) for those...

Originally Posted by IB-Dick
Yes, sending email as a domain that doesn't have an MX record can be bad, however it's exactly what the site's been doing for years, so it's not like it is going to make anything worse.
No need for an MX record, just have an A record for the servername. As long as the RHS (Right Hand Side) can be found in DNS you should be OK.

Originally Posted by IB-Dick
I'm very impressed that you noticed.
Hey, I didn't get my digests, and checked my logs.
Occupational hazard for a mail/sys/network engineer.
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