[Mimedefang] SMTP Pipelining, and GREYLISTING

[David F. Skoll]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Paul Murphy wrote:

> So someone has a non-compliant mail system - have they reported it to the
> supplier and demanded a fix?

I have reported the bugs to the two vendors that I know mis-handle this
case -- Seattle Labs and Novell.  SL has fixed their product; Novell
has not (to my knowledge.)

> Until the world comes to realise that the only way to ensure
> standards compliance is to refuse to bend to suit the non-compliant,
> we're forced to break our own systems to cope with the useless few.

Right.  But put yourself in my position: I'm selling software to a
customer and suddenly his customers and suppliers can't e-mail him any
more.  I have no choice but to work around the problem; I can't simply
say "their servers are broken; have them deal with it."

Regards,

David.