On Tue, 27 May 2003, Leonardo Cabral wrote: > Well, Davide, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to implement this because > many server can be configured to never say that a user does not exist, and > others like antivir mail gate always accepts mails for a domain as they are > just "wrappers" for that domain. As you know the VRFY command is optional in > many servers (with optional I mean that if it's implemented it can also be > deactivated by configuration) for security reasons. Well, saying that a > mailbox exists or not after receiving the "RCPT TO:" parameter has the same > effect of using VRFY. > There will be even problems with domains with misconfigured MX records. > So, it maybe will be a waste of time implementing and using this function. > Don't you agree?
Let me clarify that "eventually" the feature would be cimpletely optional with default disabled (obviously). About your RCPT_TO stuff, no if a user does not exist on the server you definitely want to stop it soon instead of wasting bandwidth for receiving the message plus bandwidth to send him a failure notification. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
