I think what Sandy and Sheldon and others, including myself, are saying is that it is a problem waiting to happen. Why not eliminate the problem before it happens. Wouldn't it be better to eliminate a potential problem before it occurs, especially since so many people have expressed a concern about it? I have not seen any one post that a problem has already occurred.
Like I stated in my earlier post, it is interesting that Ipswitch is not giving us a reason for defending its position on this issue. Rather, they keep asking for what harm is it doing? We know and understand that Ipswitch can not respond to every request for an update, tweak or enhancement, but this issue has been going around for some time with many different people interested in it since I first joined this list during the summer of last year. 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 John Korsak Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 3:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] IMail's "X1" RFC violation Since there have been a couple of messages I'm rolling all the answers into one message. I hope it works, it is easier than writing a bunch of responses. I did not say Ipswitch would not change the response. I do know that in the past we have put options in the product that allow our customers to violate RFC's if they want (refuse NULL sender for example). We could talk about whether the X1 does or does not violate the RFC but I would rather talk about the problem and find a solution. My goal is not to ignore the question but to address the problem in the most efficient manner. Ipswitch receives many requests for updates, tweaks, enhancements. What will help me assess the impact is to know what problem is caused by IMail Server returning X1 as the first two characters and the frequency. If this was causing 20% of all message to be rejected then we have a very serious problem, regardless of what the RFC says. Based on Sheldon's response below I take that the concern is that some servers will take this as a violation and drop the connection or reject the message. So, now we are left with each party believing they are correctly interpreting the RFC, which is generally not very useful to you, our users. How often does the problem happen? What servers are responsible for the behavior? John Korsak Product Marketing Manager, IMail Server ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheldon Koehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:46 PM Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] IMail's "X1" RFC violation > John, > > R. Scott Perry's message at the beginning of this thread explained exactly > what paragraph Imail is in violation of. > > It was not a very big deal a few years ago, but with the ever increasing > problem of Spam, more and more servers are starting to block servers that > are in violation of just about anything. Proper compatibility and following > standards is going to be very important to all of use in the near future. > > Thanks for listening! > > Sheldon > > > Sheldon Koehler, Owner/Partner http://www.tenforward.com > Ten Forward Communications 360-457-9023 > Nationwide access with neighborhood support! > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time > to pause and reflect." Mark Twain 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/
