On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:07:47 -0500 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[email protected]> wrote:
> In <[email protected]>, Matthew Smith wrote: > >Quoth Bob Cox at 2009-03-18 18:39... > >> The question is whether you should be rejecting email from any user > >> @act.gov.au just because act.gov.au does not resolve. > >Tempting though it is, rejecting mail on the basis of RFC-non compliance > > is NOT a good move. > > <div class="militant"> > BS. Grow a spine, stand up for the standards, and kick non-compliant mail > to the curb. If enough people do it, others will follow. > </div> But don't forget Postel's Robustness Principle: TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others." -- Jon Postel, RFC793 (the TCP standard!) Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
