----- Original Message -----
From: "Carlos Kramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 10:45 AM
Subject: [IMail Forum] Where Did My Bounce Go?
> Hi All,
>
> My question is why does Imail not conform to the RFCs?
It does
> Why
> does it reject perfectly good bounce messages? A blank <>
> sender should not only be accepted,
Which it is
> but the RFCs state very
> clearly that A WELL BEHAVED MTA HAS TO CREATE BOUNCE MESSAGES
> WITH A BLANK SENDER.
What do the RFC's say about admins that mess with settings?
> Isn't Ipswitch concerned that the users of Imail don't
> receive bounce messages when it is used with the default
> settings?
Unfortunately, the default settings (on my version at least) specify that
bounce messags are accepted.
> Telneting to imail.ipswitch.com 25 shows that
> Ipswitch themselves accept bounce messages. But the Imail
> product in its default configuration doesn't accept bounces.
Yes it does
> Isn't Imail designed for postmasters and mail administrators
> who don't know how to administer a "real" MTA?
Not sure. However, the only people I have ever come accross that are as
rabid as you about RFC's are the ones that have just read them this morning
and haven't got a life yet
>Why supply
> these neophytes with a mail system which breaks Internet
> standards
You're right, supply these neophytes with IMail instead
> Change the system so that people understand that if you reject
> bounce messages you will be flamed by irate postmasters who
> get mailboxes full of 501 Bogus Mail From rejections.
Here's a better suggstion, instead of preaching to the choir (hint, this
list is for those that want their systems to work properly) why not MAIL THE
MAIL ADMINS CONCERNED, YOU MORON !!
> Don't just secrete this information away in your knowledgebase:-
Aha, you didn't read it properly, did you? MORON!
> http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19980116-DD02.htm
Quote
"This means that the option "Refuse mail from NULL Senders" has been
enabled".
Notice the clever use of the word "enabled", that means that it has been
changed, the only other option is disabled, which implies that THE NORMAL
SETTING ALLOWS BOUNCES.
I have a suggestion. Wipe the drool from the keyboard, and quietly leave the
server suite before the Operator gets back and hurts you. And next time
spend as long reading your cited sources as you do tracing your finger along
the line in the RFC's.
Now piss off
Dan
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