* Suresh Ramasubramanian <linux@???> [2003-11-10 17:10]: > Dominik Ruf writes on 11/10/2003 10:59 AM:
>
> >>and do rfc's allow a mail to be rejected for this reason?
> >
> >No.
> >
> >| [...]
> >| However, the receiver MUST NOT refuse to accept a message, even if
> >| the sender's HELO command fails verification.
>
> I take this to mean "don't return 501 at HELO itself, wait till RCPT to
> and then 5xx the message"
This is NOT "accept a message" in my understanding of this part.