Re: [exim] Forbid HELO

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Author: Dave Evans
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To: Beber
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Forbid HELO
On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 03:40:42PM +0200, Beber wrote:
> Is there good reason on a common usage to disallow any connection with
> HELO instead of EHLO ?


There's a good reason /not/ to do that - RFC2821:

"However, for compatibility with older conforming implementations, SMTP
clients and servers MUST support the original HELO mechanisms as a
fallback."

> I don't read docs yet, but acl_smtp_helo is the right place no ?


If you want to disable SMTP and use some protocol of your own invention, knock
yourself out...

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