Re: [Exim] exim HELO ack

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Author: Russell King
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To: Giuliano Gavazzi
CC: Exim Users Mailing List, Wakko Warner
Subject: Re: [Exim] exim HELO ack
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 01:36:20PM +0100, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote:
> only problem is that spammers use software which can ignore HELO/EHLO
> errors, and last time I checked (IIRW) exim will accept the delivery
> even after a failed HELO (at least for illegal chars).
> If this is still true one must, also or only, reject at RCPT or DATA time.


Sounds like a good reason to use "drop" rather than "deny" if you want
to report errors at HELO/EHLO time.

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