RE: [Exim] AOL - SPF - and EXIM

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Autore: Edgar Lovecraft
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To: 'Exim User's Mailing List'
Oggetto: RE: [Exim] AOL - SPF - and EXIM
David Brodbeck wrote:
>
> > > RFC2821 doesn't allow for rejecting mail just because the IP
> > > does not verify.
> >
> > Where-oh-where did you get that bogus idea from!?!?!?
> >
> > No RFC can ever dictate site security policies!
>
> I based that comment on this paragraph of RFC 2821, from section 4.1.4:
>    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.


It DOES say "MUST NOT refuse to accept a message for this reason".
It DOES NOT say "MUST NOT 5xx the HELO/EHLO command as inappropriate
for this reason".

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