Hi Larsneo, > I've to admit that I've no idea about those RFC and their benefits, just wanted to report the issue...
Ah, RFCs. These come in three main categories: - 1 Standards. Some RFCs have the status of a "standard", e.g. RFC2822 (2001, which makes the 1982 RFC822 obsolete. RFC822 is/was STD0011) is a "Proposed Standard". It's "proposed", because it hasn't yet (6 years later!) made it all the way through the standards process. You _MUST_ obey the standards. They are what make the Internet work. Anyone operating a real world server, like an MTA, is well advised to read all the Standards RFCs. 2 Jokes. Read these if you're bored and easily amused. Please do _NOT_ comply with them ;-) 3 The rest. Generally useful. If you're involved in the particular area covered by one of these RFCs, then you're strongly advised to comply. There are subcategories, like draft RFCs, etc. Note that one RFC can replace another, with a new number, making the previous one obsolete. They also get updated by later RFCs, to confuse the issue further. See http://www.ietf.org/iesg/1rfc_index.txt for an index, that shows the status of each one. As to your query about domain literals. RFC822 says this, in section 6.2.3: - Note: THE USE OF DOMAIN-LITERALS IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. It is permitted only as a means of bypassing temporary system limitations, such as name tables which are not complete. So, not even RFC822 says that they're a good idea! In the real world, while many MTA systems will accept a domain literal (i.e. a dotted quad IP address in [square brackets]), these are never needed. This requirement dates from before DNS was around (RFC1034 /RFC1035, 1987) and was intended to deal with the situation where your local Hosts table hadn't been updated yet. That used to happen once a week, on a Wednesday, I believe. I've only seen domain literals used in two circumstances: - 1 By spammers 2 By spam testing probes As Kevin and Marrco said, don't worry about it. HTH. Kind regards, William Stucke ZAnet Internet Services (Pty) Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zanet.co.za 083-308-0700 - WFS 011-460-0115 - Office 086-502-9444 - Fax ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
