[Exim] Trailing dots in HELO domain

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Szerző: Dogulas Gray Stephens
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Tárgy: [Exim] Trailing dots in HELO domain
I am afraid that this is an off topic, however I was hoping that
someone could clarify on the SMTP standards (so RFC2822) and trailing
dots in a DNS name during a helo statement.

E.g.

gray on platinum1>nslookup -type=mx msn.com
Server: heinlein.cambridge.scr.slb.com
Address: 134.32.101.2

 msn.com preference = 20, mail exchanger = smtp-gw-4.msn.com
 smtp-gw-4.msn.com       internet address = 207.46.181.13
 gray on platinum1>telnet smtp-gw-4.msn.com 25
 Trying 207.46.181.13...
 Connected to smtp-gw-4.msn.com.
 Escape character is '^]'.
 220 cpimssmtpa19.msn.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version:
 5.0.2195.4617 ready at  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 04:10:43 -0800
 helo platinum.cambridge.scr.slb.com.
 501 5.5.4 Invalid Address
 helo platinum.cambridge.scr.slb.com
 250 cpimssmtpa19.msn.com Hello [134.32.101.3]
 quit
 221 2.0.0 cpimssmtpa19.msn.com Service closing transmission channel
 Connection closed by foreign host.
 gray on platinum1>


Normally in DNS a trailing dot forces the resolution to start at the
root, so URLs like
http://www.exim.org./
are valid.

Is it legal for an MTA to send the trailing dot in a helo statement,
or can the receiving MTA legitimately reject the statement?

Thanks,

Douglas.

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