Re: Melting proposals together

"Alan DeKok" <[email protected]> Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:31:59 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.ietf.asrg.rmx
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Hadmut Danisch <[email protected]> wrote:
> What do we focus on? 
> 
> - EHLO/HELO name
> - envelope sender

  Yes.

> - header sender (From:)

  No.

> I actually have doubts about the EHLO/HELO name. There is 
> no need for a MTA to announce the sender domain names in the 
> HELO name. The HELO name should be the name of the machine, not
> related to the following emails.

  I understand, but RFC 821 and 2821 are unclear on this issue.

> A second problem is that this could break existing software.
> Many MTAs do not give a proper name at HELO/EHLO, or do not
> issue this command at all. 

  Many other MTA's refuse to speak with anyone who doesn't use
HELO/EHLO.

  Alan DeKok.