On 8/9/21 6:49 PM, post...@ptld.com wrote: >> Oh, no, I assume that we speak SMTP when it is agreed upon to do so, >> and nothing else >> >> at least systems people should be able to keep separate things >> separate, simple and robust. > > > What you don't take into account is that there are bad actors who do not > follow your agreed upon standards. People will do things you never > intended to find exploits that give them an edge in the world. This has > always been the shortsightedness of the design of the internet. Good > people design things with other good people in mind forgetting there are > bad (and stupid) people in the world.
While this is true, if I write and operate an SMTP server, and someone sends HTTP commands to it, I consider my responsibility to them to end at sending back a "Please speak SMTP" response and closing the connection. -- Phil Stracchino Babylon Communications ph...@caerllewys.net p...@co.ordinate.org Landline: +1.603.293.8485 Mobile: +1.603.998.6958
