Re: [Exim] vrfy feature request

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
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To: ODHIAMBO G. Washington, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] vrfy feature request
ODHIAMBO G. Washington <wash@???> wrote:

> Some folks explicitly disable VRFY on their boxes and I do believe it
> doesn't break any RFC to do that ;-)


Some folks block IPs that send them VRFY - especially as:

1. Their boxes don't advertise VRFY in response to an EHLO

2. 90% of the VRFY attempts noted so far have been dictionary attacks.

    srs


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