At 2:35 PM -0800 10/31/01, Global Homes Webmaster wrote: >On 10/31/01 at 15:09, Warren Michelsen wrote: > > >RFC 821, section 4.3 is entitled 'SEQUENCING OF COMMANDS AND REPLIES.' The bit >referred to above reads: > >> One important reply is the connection greeting. Normally, a receiver will >> send a 220 "Service ready" reply when the connection is completed. The >> sender should wait for this greeting message before sending any commands. >> >> Note: all the greeting type replies have the official name of >> the server host as the first word following the reply code. >> >> For example, >> >> 220 <SP> USC-ISIF.ARPA <SP> Service ready <CRLF> > >Going by that, a SIMS server's host name should be interpreted as 'Stalker', >as in the warning message given above, since that's the first word after the >220 response code.
Yup. I've since learned that following the "220" there should either be a space followed by the host name or a hyphen (indicating a multi-line response) followed by the host name. So, yes, an automated tester would be correct to assume that "Stalker" is the host name since it immediately follows the "220-". So it's either 220 hostname single line response here\r\n or 220-hostname first line of multi-line response\r\n 220 next line of a multi-line response\r\n At least, according to the RFC. So SIMS has this minor departure from the RFC, as do many other MTAs. No Big Deal. I was just curious to know if dnsreport.com was correct or not. -- Internet Tools for Business -- <http://www.CyberSpaces.net/> E-commerce web hosting ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
