[dns-operations] Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 11:32:25AM +0000,
 Dobbins, Roland <rdobbins at arbor.net> wrote 
 a message of 20 lines which said:

> I know his reputation (though I don't know him personally).  I'll
> ask him, see if he replies.

Last time I tried, "asking Him" included a pledge to pay him a lot of
money just in case he decided the incoming mail was not worth it.