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Re: [spf-discuss] Re: SPF adoption statistics

2005-11-23 17:00:02
On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 06:15:43PM -0500, Hector Santos wrote:


      5.2.5  HELO Command: RFC-821 Section 3.5

         The sender-SMTP MUST ensure that the <domain> parameter in a
         HELO command is a valid principal host domain name for the
         client host.  As a result, the receiver-SMTP will not have to
         perform MX resolution on this name in order to validate the
         HELO parameter.

         The HELO receiver MAY verify that the HELO parameter really
         corresponds to the IP address of the sender.  However, the
         receiver MUST NOT refuse to accept a message, even if the
         sender's HELO command fails verification.

How more explicit can it get?  it says "MUST NOT"  not "SHOULD NOT"

Yes it does.  It also specifies a clear boundary for which this
MUST NOT is valid.  You have just shown an example that does not
help your case.

I am not going to repeat the rest.  If you are still ignorant after
a gazillion posts about this, you will still be ignorant after a
gazillion plus one.

Yes: I used the word ignorant.  Be glad, I could also have used obstinate.

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