[ On Mon, October 14, 1996 at 15:28 (PDT), tron@??? wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: ouch
>
> Since every other mail that I know of generates upper case HELO, and
> only exim (as far as I know) generates mixed case, I suggest that it
> is both expedient and more robust for exim to generate upper case HELO.
> The basic principal (which is being violated here) is that a robust
> program should be liberal in what it accepts and conservative in what
> it generates. In other words, obstinate purity is NOT robust.
I'd call it a feature! ;-)
I'm inclined to change all the mailers I control to use mixed case in
the HELO. Pesonally I've no interest in exchanging e-mail with someone
who uses a system that would trip up on such a simple rule.
--
Greg A. Woods
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