Re: who makes the firewall that puts asterisks in the initial greeting?

At 12:40 10/08/2001 -0400, Keith Moore wrote:

> there's a popular SMTP firewall that puts asterisks in the initial
> (220) SMTP greeeting.  I'd like to know who makes it.
>
> because the developers should be lined up and shot.
Why? What's wrong with asterisks in the greeting? (it's not us, by the way, 
I'm just interested in why that's a problem)

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