----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Otis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Frank Ellermann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Verifying the HELO would be analogous to checking a wax seal > on an envelope. Amazing! <g> I would not agree with this analogy. First, "Wax Seals" are user based and optional. The HELO Client Domain Names (CDN) are not. Second, the HELO CDN would be more analogous to the postal service postmarks indicating the time of processing, postal office, location, etc, that handled the processing and delivery of the parcel. The realistic fact most people don't bother to look at it, or if they did, probably couldn't make heads or tails with the information, it is extremely close, if not exactly equivalent to how worthless the SMTP client domain name has become today. To put trust behave it (HELO), it would be akin to having the same trust when using a registered or certified mail. Without it, having the postmarks won't tell you how many "hands" outside the portal service touched the letter. -- Hector Santos, Santronics Software, Inc. http://www.santronics.com _______________________________________________ NOTE WELL: This list operates according to http://dkim.org/ietf-list-rules.html
