http://www.cs.niu.edu/~rickert/cf/bad-ehlo.html Decent understandable writeup of the "You should send the right info" and "Don't drop email if you get the wrong info" arguments... Cheers - N.

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Juha Saarinen 15/06/2004 2:56:14 p.m. >>> Regan Murphy wrote:

Is this sort of configuration becoming standard for organistions?

Some admins think it's BOFH to do stuff like that, in the mistaken belief that it's RFC-compliant. It's a bit like fundamentalists interpreting various religious scriptures, but if they want to drop legitimate email, their choice I say. -- Juha _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify Allied Telesyn Research Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender has the authority to issue and specifically states them to be the views of Allied Telesyn Research.