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Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () research att com>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:18:18 -0400
It's been pointed out to me that RFC 2821 requires that all hosts running SMTP servers accept "postmaster". In fact, 2142 (which I had cited) has the same requirement, in some text that I overlooked. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb Full text of "Firewalls" book now at http://www.wilyhacker.com
Current thread:
- Postmaster 'best practices' query David Lesher (Oct 22)
- Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query Ryan O'Connell (Oct 22)
- Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query Brett Frankenberger (Oct 22)
- Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query Peter van Dijk (Oct 22)
- Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query David Howe (Oct 23)
- Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query Gary E. Miller (Oct 23)
- Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query Peter van Dijk (Oct 22)
- Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query Gary E. Miller (Oct 22)
- Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query Jim Duncan (Oct 22)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query Steven M. Bellovin (Oct 22)
- Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query Steven M. Bellovin (Oct 22)
- Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query Gregory Hicks (Oct 22)
- Fwd: Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query Rodney Thayer (Oct 22)
- RE: Re: Postmaster 'best practices' query Mike Batchelor (Oct 23)