The default configuration (yeah, yeah, it says to check it but it doesn't
give guidelines) is accepted by name e-mail servers, but not by AOL, as
shown:
telnet mailin-03.mx.aol.com 25
Trying 64.12.137.121...
Connected to mailin-03.mx.aol.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220-rly-xh01.mx.aol.com ESMTP mail_relay_in-xh1.4; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 21:06:43
2000
220-America Online (AOL) and its affiliated companies do not
220- authorize the use of its proprietary computers and computer
220- networks to accept, transmit, or distribute unsolicited bulk
220 e-mail sent from the internet.
HELO mail.devtech.com
250 rly-xh01.mx.aol.com OK
MAIL FROM: <postmaster@localhost>
501 SYNTAX ERROR IN PARAMETERS OR ARGUMENTS
MAIL FROM: <postmaster>
501 SYNTAX ERROR IN PARAMETERS OR ARGUMENTS
MAIL FROM: postmaster
501 SYNTAX ERROR IN PARAMETERS OR ARGUMENTS
MAIL FROM: <root@localhost>
501 SYNTAX ERROR IN PARAMETERS OR ARGUMENTS
MAIL FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
250 OK
Is it reasonable to change the internal default from "root@localhost" to
"postmaster@helloName"?
--- Noel
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