Actually, I am the one who reads KB feedback. I also read Scott's message (and yours). Dave MacMillan Knowledge Base Content Manager
In reply to 12 Mar message from [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >I have the following suggestion: >Everyone go to http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-20020307-DM01.htm >and in the feedback box, copy the text that Scott quoted into it >and check no help at all, then submit. >That might get someone's attention if we flooded their feedback. >John Tolmachoff >IT Manager, Network Engineer >211 E. Imperial Hwy., Suite 106 >Fullerton, CA� 92835 >714-578-7999, ext. 104 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.reliancesoft.com >� >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of R. Scott >Perry Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:10 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [IMail Forum] IMail's "X1" RFC violation >A number of people are aware that for years IMail's SMTP greeting >has been >non-RFC-compliant (RFC821 section 4.3). Specifically, mail >servers are required to answer with a 3-digit code, followed by a >space or dash, followed by the host name of the server ("220 >mail.example.com ..."). IMail instead responds with "220 X1 >NT-ESMTP mail.example.com...". >Ipswitch has a new Knowledge Base article at >http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-20020307-DM01.htm that now >claims that >although what they are doing does violate RFC821, it does not >violate RFC2821 (which is in the process of replacing RFC821). It >specifically claims that the warning that our >http://www.DNSstuff.com reports is incorrect. >However, there are two flaws to this logic. First, Ipswitch is >wrong when >they say that "RFC2821 supercedes RFC821" -- RFC821 is still the >standard. RFC2821 will likely replace RFC821, but RFC821 is >currently the >standard. >Second, RFC2821 section 4.3.1 says specifically "All the >greeting-type replies have the official name (the fully-qualified >primary domain name) of >the server host as the first word following the reply code." >There is no >vagueness or ambiguity here; IMail is now in violation of both >RFC821 (the >standard) and RFC2821 (the proposed standard). >Hopefully, now that this is becoming a bigger and bigger issue, >Ipswitch >will take care of this issue. > -Scott >--- >Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for >IMail. http://www.declude.com >--- >[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus >(http://www.declude.com)] >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to >be removed from this list. >An Archive of this list is available at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked >questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to >be removed from this list. >An Archive of this list is available at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked >questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
