Raymond Keller wrote:
I configured reject_invalid_helo_hostname and was surprised to find
that underscores were permitted.  Judging by the source (I'm not
conversant in C), it looks like the author had this comment
regarding allowing underscores: "grr.."  I feel similarly.  Is that
you, Mr. Venema?  My sympathy.  I take it that allowing underscores
is for the sake of handling Windows MUAs?


windows is not the root of all evil! Underscore is actually more unix-ish. don't forget that system hostnames predate such restrictions.


as for "funny" helo's, here is my winner:
reject: ... helo=<{bot_hostname}>

and the second price:

reject: ...  helo=<zkkj.%RA.%RA.%RA.%RA.%_8%.com>

someone got a ratware but didn't pay for the "expand vars" option :)

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