<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am I the only one who thinks that if the remote end > doesn't understand EHLO, it's highly unlikely that > any revision of 2821 is going to improve matters?
LOL, you certainly have a point. I always understood the RSET blurb as a recipe how to trick "old" servers into doing their job without new connection. Some "old" servers might accept HELO after rejecting EHLO. Another set might be confused after rejecting EHLO, and RSET fixes that before trying HELO. And a third set could require a new connection without EHLO. Where "old" could mean really 821, or only pretending to be old for reasons of their own, e.g., if they know a client where accepting EHLO results in some trouble. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, but I have no example where not accepting EHLO is a good idea. Frank
