Re: Motion for a new POST NSF AUP

[Robert Moskowitz <rgm3 () is chrysler com>]

At 10:56 AM 10/16/95 +0100, Havard.Eidnes () runit sintef no wrote:
> >    Another suggestion was that SMTP headers always contain the
> >    IP address.  I've seen this in quite a few mailers already.
> >    All we need is a slight modification to the SMTP Receipt
> >    standard.  This could be a Best Current Practice, quickly
> >    published!
>
> Hm, this is already covered.  RFC 1123 says:
>
>      5.2.8  DATA Command: RFC-821 Section 4.1.1
> ...
>         *    The FROM field SHOULD contain both (1) the name of the
>              source host as presented in the HELO command and (2) a
>              domain literal containing the IP address of the source,
>              determined from the TCP connection.

Big deal.  Since it is only SHOULD many mailers, like CDC's MAIL*Hub profess
not to support it, as it is not a MUST...

Robert Moskowitz
Chrysler Corporation
(810) 758-8212