Re: [exim] exim still accepting email after 550 from acl_che…

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Autor: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-users
Betreff: Re: [exim] exim still accepting email after 550 from acl_check_helo
On 12/01/16 16:20, Mike Brudenell wrote:
> 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?


Exim does things that are not strictly RFC-conformant because there
are peers out there that need to be communicated with, which would
otherwise not be.

Reading the comments in the code can be enlightening.
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Cheers,
Jeremy