On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 10:47 +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > The RFC says:
> >
> > An SMTP server MAY verify that the domain name parameter in the EHLO
> > command actually corresponds to the IP address of the client.
> > However, the server MUST NOT refuse to accept a message for this
> > reason if the verification fails: the information about verification
> > failure is for logging and tracing only.
>
> And it doesn't say "MUST NOT reject at the EHLO stage", it says "MUST
> NOT refuse to accept a message" which means that those of us who reject
> at RCPT TO because of something in the HELO greeting are being naughty.
No. It means that those of us who reject at RCPT TO because the domain
name parameter in the EHLO command doesn't actually correspond to the IP
address of the client are being naughty.
Rejecting for other reasons isn't explicitly prohibited by the above
quote.
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dwmw2
