On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Sander Holthaus - Orange XL wrote: > Just a quick question. As was reading up on my RFC and came across RFC1123 > which states that you MUST NOT reject bad HELO's? Is this behaviour and that
But some other RFC say that HELO MUST be a valid name :) > of bofhcheckhelo "legal" to RFC 1123 or more current RFC's? Is RFC1123 > superseded by some RFC (can't seem to find a RFC-repository that gives me > accurate information on this) which allows rejecting of bad HELO's? Rejecting bad HELO's is very efficient way to reject spam and viruses/worms without even receiving and checking the whole mail (saving cpu and net). If we want to be strict to RFC we can make all HELO checking disabled by default. -- Grzegorz Janoszka ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
