Re: [exim] Forbid HELO

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Autor: Beber
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A: Dave Evans
CC: exim-users
Assumpte: Re: [exim] Forbid HELO
Le mer 25 oct 2006 15:49:32 CEST, « Dave Evans » à écrit :

> 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."


Hum.. Yes. But: Could it be enable only when a ESMTP failed ? Cause I
want that people USE auth, and auth with SMTP is not possible.

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