Re: [cobalt-users] Stopping email to a customers domain name

[SM <nntp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,
At 12:24 19-12-2001 -0800, Jeff Lasman wrote:
>If he has the domain name he's required by RFCs to answer certain email
>to it, including I believe postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxx

Yes, you are right.

>If he doesn't do that, then he could end up getting his IP#s blocked.
>especially if he bounces email back rather than blackholing it.

I suggested the blackholing as to avoid bounces.

>If you buy a domain name it's probably responsible to handle it's email.
>
>There are other lists where this question would better be asked.

We have gone way past the scope of the Cobalt list. :)  There is also the
question of hostmaster@domain but I won't get into that.

Regards,
-sm