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Re: SMTP RFC: "MUST NOT" change or delete Received header

2014-04-01 14:53:35
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 5:38 PM, Ted Lemon 
<ted(_dot_)lemon(_at_)nominum(_dot_)com> wrote:

On Mar 30, 2014, at 6:44 PM, John C Klensin <john-ietf(_at_)jck(_dot_)com> 
wrote:
Whether one accepts it or not, "been here already" tests are not
about debugging.  They are about loop detection and DoS attacks.

Are there MTAs that make use of the Received: header for loop detection?


sendmail does, and has since the '80s.

-MSK
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