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Auteur: Philip Hazel
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Aan: David S. Madole
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Onderwerp: Re: [exim] rfc-ignorant.org - auto reporting those who reject mailfrom: <>
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, David S. Madole wrote:

> Some people don't consider callouts to be playing by the rules.
>
> Do you have "VRFY" enabled on your server? If not, why not?


People gave up on VRFY a long time ago. Possibly because its use was
mis-understood. Some MTAs always give a positive response; some always
give a negative response. The net result is that VRFY can't be usefully
used for anything.

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