%% You should probably cite draft-ietf-appsawg-nullmx instead of this I-D. @techreport{delany-nullmx-00, number = {draft-delany-nullmx-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-delany-nullmx/00/}, author = {Mark Delany}, title = {{A NULL MX Resource Record means "I never accept email"}}, pagetotal = 5, year = 2005, month = apr, day = 6, abstract = {A common strategy of SMTP servers when deciding whether to accept an email or not, is to ensure that the 2821.MailFrom contains a domain willing to accept non-delivery email (aka bounces). When the 2821.MailFrom domain has a DNS MX Resource Record (RR), it is making an explicit statement that it is willing to accept email. However, when the domain has just a DNS A (or AAAA) RR, there is no such clarity as most hosts on the Internet advertise an A RR regardless of whether they want to accept email or not. The NULL MX RR formalizes the existing mechanism by which a domain communicates that it will never accept email.}, }