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

2005-11-24 00:59:38

On 24 nov 2005, at 00.15, Hector Santos wrote:

         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"

But this is for HELO, not EHLO - which was what you discussed previously. I'm no expert, but are these two not possibly subject to different rules?

j o a r


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