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Re: rfc2821bis-01 Issue 14 Continuation of 222 greeting and Issue 15 syntax for multiline replies (was: Re: 2821bis server reply ABNF)

2007-04-06 16:08:59

On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, John C Klensin wrote:

I don't know how many of them still exist in the wild, but there
was a time that a multiline opening greeting would cause some
clients to self-destruct.

There are a number of servers that have a multi-line greeting by default.
I've been running my server for years now with a multi-line greeting and
observed no interop problems (3M messages per week).

Tony.
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