Re: [Exim] Domain literals: weighing up the arguments

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Autor: Russell King
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Assumpte: Re: [Exim] Domain literals: weighing up the arguments
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:36:25PM -0500, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> If it runs an MTA and makes outgoing SMTP connections but never listens
> for incoming SMTP connections then it doesn't run an SMTP server.
>
> However if it runs an SMTP server then it almost certainly accepts mail!
>
> Look, this isn't very complicated and it really shouldn't take genius to
> be able to figure out which e-mail addresses, and in particular which
> e-mail addresses using the "postmaster" local-part, that any and _every_
> MTA really Really REALLY _SHOULD_ accept.


I'm sorry, but I see no point in continuing this discussion; you don't
seem to be reading what I'm writing, so this is a rather pointless
discussion.

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Russell King
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