On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Jonnie wrote:
> >2821
> > 4.1.1.1 Extended HELLO (EHLO) or HELLO (HELO)
>
> But this doesn't say that you MUST use FQDN in HELO. Does it?
Even though the word MUST does not appear, I believe that is the
intention of this wording:
The argument field contains the fully-qualified domain name
of the SMTP client if one is available.
It then applies the weaker SHOULD for what should happen if there is no
name available.
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