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Re: bogusmx

2005-06-09 03:36:11
Ralf Doeblitz wrote:
 
This is incorrect. The fqdn given as parameter to EHLO must
be a primary host name, not an alias:
 
RFC 2821, section 3.6

Thanks for the correction, I confused this with 2.3.5:  "For
example, a domain may refer to an alias (label of a CNAME RR)
or the label of Mail eXchanger records to be used to deliver
mail instead of representing a host name."

Or with the intro of 3.6:  "In other words, names that can
be resolved to MX RRs or A RRs (as discussed in section 5) are
permitted, as are CNAME RRs whose targets can be resolved, in
turn, to MX or A RRs."

But then it continues "There are two exceptions to the rule
requiring FQDNs", and the EHLO FQDN MUST resolve to an A if it
is no domain literal.

<joke> Is an IPv6 EHLO limited to IPv6 domain literals ? </>

                       Bye, Frank



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