[Mimedefang] roaringpenguin.com is listed in rfc-ignorant

Frank Doepper mimedefang at taz.de
Wed Sep 29 13:25:11 EDT 2004


Am 29.09.04 um 09:45 schrieb Matthew.van.Eerde at hbinc.com:

>Now that I think of it, I can't imagine a situation when a legitimate
>MAIL FROM: <> would have multiple RCPT TO's.

There is one:

dude at a.example.com is an alias to dude at b.example.com +
girlfriend at b.example.com, so that mail to dude at a.example.com gets
distributed to both addresses.

When dude at a.example.com sends an email which is undeliverable, he gets a
bounce, which gets expanded and forwarded by a.example.com and finally
arrives at b.example.com as follows:
  MAIL FROM:<>
  RCPT TO:<dude at b.example.com>
  RCPT TO:<girlfriend at b.example.com>

Of course, this is a silly configuration, but it is real-life
experience.

just my 2¢
Frank.



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