In message <53C8394A.6080508@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Crocker writes: > > Specifically referring to Section 3 of > > draft-ietf-appsawg-nullmx-05, there is not such thing as a "NULL > > MX Resource Record". There is only an MX Resource Record that > > this specification proposes to use with a convention involving > > specific content in the DATA. One could call that many things, > > but "NULL MX Resource Record" isn't one of them. > > By my reading of that section, it is defining the term, if only by > virtue of the way it is used in the name of that section. > > Perhaps your confusion would be resolved if the term had a comma in it, > so: NULL, MX Record? > > In other words, NULL is an adjective within the term. > > If you would prefer a different term, please suggest one. A better description of the record is "No Service MX Record" or "No Service Offered MX Record". Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka@xxxxxxx