On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 06:02:33AM +0000, Ian P. Christian wrote:
> The problem is therefore twofold:
> - your mail software is using the name "James" in the HELO instead of
> "james.custdomain.com" or some such;
> - you (whether on "James" or mail.domain.co.uk) aren't inserting a
> legal message-ID, and checking that it's legal.
>
> I however fail to see the issue here:
>
> Firstly, is this not typical of anyone using windows for their HELO to
> be given as the computer name?
>
> Secondly, the RFC says 'RECOMMENDED' there, so I don't really see what
> the problem is anyway.
>
> Who's in the wrong?
You're in the wrong for saying "I fail to see the issue here... is this not
typical of anyone using Windows...". Commonplace does not imply correct.
Whichever SMTP client said "HELO James" is in the wrong for violation of
RFC2821 (that command does not match the HELO command's syntax).
If the message was outright rejected because of lack of an FQDN in the
Message-ID, I wouldn't say that's /wrong/, but I would say it's inadvisable.
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