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Comment by jesse
Submitted on 2/22/2005
Related RFC: RFC 974
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I think the RFC should mention that WKS should not be used.---found in RFC1123 5.2.12 WKS Use in MX Processing: RFC-974, p. 5 RFC-974 [SMTP:3] recommended that the domain system be queried for WKS ("Well-Known Service") records, to verify that each proposed mail target does support SMTP. Later experience has shown that WKS is not widely supported, so the WKS step in MX processing SHOULD NOT be used.