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Comment on Tell HN: Make sure to configure DKIM/SPF with Fastmail

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In general, never have an MX configured in your authoritative DNS zonefile without proper SPF and DKIM. Deliverability to outbound SMTP destinations will be very poor.

Not fastmail specific.

A side issue here is that if you don't have an MX record configured (say, you figured a domain isn't used for mail), it doesn't mean "we don't accept mail". You'll be surprised at how much spam ends up being directed at your apex A record, because according to the RFC that's where it goes in the absence of an MX record. Use

MX 0 .

For such domains.

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