> That sounds like RFC1123 5.2.5, that says that the mail server may verify > that the HELO/EHLO text matches the reverse DNS entry for the mailserver, > but that the mailserver must accept the message even if there is not a match.
Does this mean that if reverse dns is mail.mydomaine.com and the server identify himself as mydomain.com, i may one day run into trouble ? if yes, how can i let the server respond as mail.mydomain.com, but still get reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 1:58 PM Subject: Re: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] IMail's "X1" RFC violation > > >Follow the letter of the RFC??? according to the RFC one will not refuse > >mail if the reverse lookup doesn't match. You can perform it but must still > >accept the mail irregardless of the match. Will do some looking later to get > >the RFC > > That sounds like RFC1123 5.2.5, that says that the mail server may verify > that the HELO/EHLO text matches the reverse DNS entry for the mailserver, > but that the mailserver must accept the message even if there is not a match. > > However, that doesn't stop AOL from accepting the message and later > silently deleting it, if it isn't happy with a missing reverse DNS entry. > > -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/ > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] 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/
