Re: twinkie

[paul () MOQUIJO COM (Paul Cardon)]

Robert Graham wrote:
> See:
> http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs/firewall-seen.html#port113
> This is normal behavior from SMTP, POP, and IMAP servers so that they can
> log the UNIX user name on the TCP connection. If you block it with a
> firewall, your e-mail connections might timeout.

Depends on if you block or reject.  If you reject, the auth request will
fail immediately rather than time out.

-paul