[Mimedefang] filter-relay, rejection on bogus helo

Jonas Eckerman jonas_lists at frukt.org
Tue Jan 6 19:59:36 EST 2004


On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 00:32:42 -0700 (MST), Lucas Albers wrote:

>  Assuming the machine just has an ip address (no hostname) and it
>  gives a helo ip string, they should match in every valid situation?

No. David pointed out one reason (NAT). Another reason is that one machine can have multiple IP-addresses. Applications on such a machine could well diplay one adress in HELO while actually connecting from another.

/Jonas

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