Re: [exim] OT/2: TLS on gnu.org, better named: the insecure…

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Author: Heiko Schlittermann
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] OT/2: TLS on gnu.org, better named: the insecured gnu.org mailserver
Claus Assmann via Exim-users <exim-users@???> (Mi 18 Sep 2019 16:50:16 CEST):
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2019, Evgeniy Berdnikov via Exim-users wrote:
>
> >    sleep 1 ; echo "MAIL FROM: <your.name@???>"

>
> Please read the fine RFCs: there is NO space after ':'!
> MAIL FROM:<your.name@???>


Remote End is Exim, Exim accepts the space, even the RFC do not specify
it.

> Well, your example is broken...
> It doesn't even list a RCPT and it ignores errors.


Yes, the RCPT TO is missing.
For this simple example, ignoring errors might be acceptable.

> There's certainly a better way to use a real MTA for this purpose.


Yes, the OP could lower the TLS requirements based on the recipient's host.
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Heiko