On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, David Brodbeck wrote:
> I think the standard for hostnames is RFC-952. (Someone can correct me if
> it's been obsoleted by something more recent.) It states:
>
>
> 1. A "name" (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up
...
> The first character must be an alpha character.
I think that
http://www.3com.com/ was the first to break this - and a recent
domain is
http://www.46664.com/ - that is double-six, six, to Americans :-)
So - things move along.
I use EHLO checks - most useful.
I also use greylisting - the best.
http://wizzy.org.za/article/articlestatic/20/1/2/
Cheers, Andy!
