rblsmtpd seems to violate RFC1123, 5.2.7
rblsmtpd with qmail does not accept mail from a blacklisted IP to postmaster@my-qmail-host, does it? That seems to me like as a violation of rfc1123, 5.2.7 which says: 5.2.7 RCPT Command: RFC-821 Section 4.1.1 A host that supports a receiver-SMTP MUST support the reserved mailbox Postmaster. Well, my postmaster mailbox is supported, but I believe the intention is that it should be able to receive mail. One more desirable candidate for unrbl'ing is abuse@my-qmail-host. -- Med venlig hilsen / Regards Netdriftgruppen / Network Management Group UNI-C Tlf./Phone +45 35 87 89 41Mail: UNI-C Fax. +45 35 87 89 90 Bygning 304 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DK-2800 Lyngby
Re: rblsmtpd seems to violate RFC1123, 5.2.7
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 11:27:23AM +0200, torben fjerdingstad wrote: rblsmtpd with qmail does not accept mail from a blacklisted IP to postmaster@my-qmail-host, does it? No. That seems to me like as a violation of rfc1123, 5.2.7 which says: Nope. 5.2.7 RCPT Command: RFC-821 Section 4.1.1 A host that supports a receiver-SMTP MUST support the reserved mailbox Postmaster. Note the wording. It says that the receiver-SMTP MUST accept and deliver mail to postmaster@your-qmail-host. It doesn't say that the receiver-SMTP MUST accept such mail /from every possible source/. What you want requires a RBL-aware mail proxy with destination address overrides. rblsmtpd won't do it for you, not without a significant amount of hacking. - Adrian
Re: rblsmtpd seems to violate RFC1123, 5.2.7
rblsmtpd with qmail does not accept mail from a blacklisted IP to postmaster@my-qmail-host, does it? That seems to me like as a violation of rfc1123, 5.2.7 which says: 5.2.7 RCPT Command: RFC-821 Section 4.1.1 A host that supports a receiver-SMTP MUST support the reserved mailbox Postmaster. Well, my postmaster mailbox is supported, but I believe the intention is that it should be able to receive mail. One more desirable candidate for unrbl'ing is abuse@my-qmail-host. Unfortunate situation, isn't it? The reality is that there are far to many places that do not have (or ignore) the postmaster account for even legitimate stuff. The other part of the reality is that rblsmtpd is intended to drop the connection at the earliest sign of trouble. If you are going to all a complete transaction to take place, just so you can look for postmaster recipients, then there is no reason to use rbsmtpd :-/ Life in an imperfect world... -- Roger Walker Tier III Messaging/News Team Internet Applications, National Consumer IP TELUS Corporation 780-493-2471
