Re: [Exim] HELO syntax check

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Paul Wilson
CC: Chris Edwards, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] HELO syntax check
On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Paul Wilson wrote:

> I'd think so too... (well, either reject on mail from or rcpt to). "550
> Polite MTAs say hello first" would be nice.


RFC 2821 says "A client SMTP SHOULD start an SMTP session by issuing the
EHLO command." Note: SHOULD, not MUST.

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