At 11:08 AM -0600 9/5/05, Lewis Butler sent email containing: >On 04 Sep 2005, at 06:18 , Warren Michelsen wrote: > >>At 7:08 PM -0600 9/2/05, Lewis Butler sent email containing: >> >>>On 23 Aug 2005, at 11:51 , Warren Michelsen wrote: >>> >>>>But SIMS requires a postmaster account >>>> >>> >>>This is because the RFCs require postmaster for all domains that receive >>>mail. >>> >> >>But the RFC does not require that there be a 'postmaster' account. > >Yes, they do.
No, they don't. >postmaster@<doamin.tld> must exist (that is, accept mail) for all domains that >receive or send mail 'Existing' and accepting mail are two different things, not necessarily related. Accounts can exist and not accept mail while mail can be accepted for non-existent accounts. The latter is easily accomplished with a router entry. The 'postmaster' account need not exist per any RFC. Unless, of course, you can provide a citation to show otherwise. To my knowledge, the requirement is to ACCEPT mail addressed to postmaster. > >>In my case, I routed mail for 'postmaster' to another account -- it would be >>received. SIMS nonetheless recreated the missing postmaster account. > >the sims app can't know about your routing table, That's a silly statement. SIMS does 'know about' my routing table. It creates and maintains the routing table. And consults it for each incoming and outgoing email. >a nd if you change your routing table, there has to be a postmaster account to >receive the mail. No, postmaster can be routed to any account. It certainly does not have to be called 'postmaster'. I appreciate that SIMS is careful to ensure that mail can be received for 'postmaster' but an account named postmaster is not required to do so. End of discussion. Unless you have a citation from an RFC which says an account named 'postmaster' must exist, I'll not comment further. ############################################################# 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]>
