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Re:Understanding email routing (i.e. MX-records) by gurraman on Monday December 05, 2011 @12:07PM (#3315391)
Would've been nice with a little more meat .. like convering all the steps performed when detecting the actual SMTP servers (including connection attempts, alternative lookups when no mx records exist etc).
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Re:Understanding email routing (i.e. MX-records) by mvip on Monday December 05, 2011 @12:17PM (#3315428)
While that may be a fun read, it's hardly relevant for the average user (or even admin). If you're at that level, I suggest reading relevant the RFCs. :)
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