hey all,

>and the HELO command:

>b. must have a hostname, else reject
>c. it must be valid characters, else reject
>e. it must not contain IP address /a.b.c.d/

Is the above covered by RFC  or is it just best practise?  I'm seeing a
few of our partner sites using a helo with IP address.  I've whitelisted
them but in doing so have minimised the checks for mail coming from
them.  I like them to clean up their act so any advise as to what I
should convey to them (in terms of standards) would be greatly
appreciated!


>the end of your smtpd restrictions for a week or so, then study
the=20
>warn_if_reject lines for ptr/to/from/protocol/helo to see what would
have=20
>been rejected.  For legit servers habitually contacting yours, try
to=20
>contact abuse@ or postmaster@ to point that their server is "in danger
of=20
>being blocked in the near future" (just a little FUD in their
direction) by=
=20
>your MX due to missing PTR and/or bad HELO hostname.  Whitelist them
if=20
>they won't cooperate, and then convert warn_if_reject to reject.

I'm getting quite a few warnings since incorporating this and I suspect
the majority of these are missing PTR records.

-Peter


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