Anand Buddhdev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Mon, May 17, 1999 at 09:19:29AM -0400, Eric Shafto wrote:
>
>> > HELO <SP> <domain> <CRLF>
>> > <domain> ::=  <element> | <element> "." <domain>
>> > <element> ::= <name> | "#" <number> | "[" <dotnum> "]"
>> > <dotnum> ::= <snum> "." <snum> "." <snum> "." <snum>
>> > <snum> ::= one, two, or three digits representing a decimal
>> >            integer value in the range 0 through 255
>> > 
>> > Therefore,
>> > 
>> > HELO [199.103.176.41]
>> 
>> But so does:
>> 
>> HELO [199.103.176.41].#394875.spoon.[100.164.68.209]
>
>I don't think so.

I do. The <domain> rule allows any <domain> to be prefixed with any
<element>, followed by ".". So as along as every "." delimited chunk
is a valid <element>, the result is a valid <domain>.

-Dave

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