RE: [exim] RFC 1413 default on debian

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Author: David Brodbeck
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: RE: [exim] RFC 1413 default on debian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Haber [mailto:mh+exim-users@zugschlus.de]


> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:19:54 +0100, Ian Firla <ian.firla@???>
> wrote:
> >That makes a lot of sense from a Debian point of view... but why is
> >Exim configured like this by default? Is it an RFC constraint?
>
> It doesn't hurt. If the other side is RFC compliant.


However, I have had problems with AOL sending mail to me with that 30 second
delay in there -- some of their mail servers simply won't wait that long.
30 seconds is also on the edge of what will cause callback verification to
fail. It might be a good idea to trim back the timeout a bit.