On 12 January 2016 at 16:11, Michael Toth <exim@???> wrote:
> And right after that the RFC says
> "In any event, a client MUST issue HELO or EHLO before starting a mail
> transaction"
>
Hmmm… A very good point. Presumably there are some non-mail transaction
instructions you can give that are valid without the HELO/EHLO first being
issued.
OK, so this begs the question that if the RFC says a client MUST issue a
HELO/EHLO before a mail transaction, then shouldn't Exim refuse to accept
MAIL FROM until a HELO/EHLO has been received *and* accepted? (ie, doing a
"deny" and issuing a 5xx response should leave Exim in its initial 'still
looking for a HELO/EHLO or non-mail transaction command')
Cheers,
Mike B-)
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