Re: [Exim] HELO syntax check at RCPT

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Author: James P. Roberts
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To: Richard.Hall, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] HELO syntax check at RCPT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard.Hall" <Richard.Hall@???>
> James,
>
> On Sat, 3 Apr 2004, James P. Roberts wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Is it possible to enforce the HELO/EHLO syntax check at RCPT time instead

of
> > HELO time? My logs are starting to fill up with junk from syntactically
> > invalid hosts (yes those stupid underscores), that keep retrying many,

many
> > times.
> >
> > I do not wish to accept from these hosts. I just want to give them a 5xx

at
> > RCPT time so they will (hopefully) stop retrying.
> >
> > I probably just need more coffee. Any suggestions?
>
> If you can't find anything stronger, Nescafe Gold Blend is a reasonable
> substitute.
>

<snip>
>
> HTH,
> Richard Hall
>


Richard,

Thank you for the suggestions! Apparently I just need a better "grounding" in
the basics. heh heh. Of course, I should have seen the solution regarding
the underscores. Thank you for your kind and patient reply.

Jim Roberts
Punster Productions, Inc.