Postfix, for example, lets you change the greeting in your config.  The program info 
in greetings IS considered a slight security risk by many mail admins, though of 
course it's security through obscurity which is dubious at best.

-Max


At 1/27/2004 11:24 AM -0500, you wrote:
>That is a behavior of every mail server that I know of.  SOme firewalls (PIX, for 
>example) allow you to mask this.
>
>Regards,
>
>Howie
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Mark Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 11:16 AM
>Subject: Re: [iMS] remove server software info from SMTP greeting
>
>
>> At 15:34 27/01/2004, you wrote:
>> >You can modify the Received header in the incoming mail but not the server 
>> >preamble.
>> 
>> Ok, but why? To me, this looks like a way a potential attacker can learn 
>> something about my mail server. I know it's not particularly significant, 
>> but it would be nice to be able to hide information from public view which 
>> does not need to be public.
>> 
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
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