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

David F. Skoll dfs at roaringpenguin.com
Wed Sep 29 12:36:27 EDT 2004


On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 Matthew.van.Eerde at hbinc.com wrote:

> I'm a little confused about the roaringpenguin policy.

We delay the rejection to after the DATA because some other zealous
sites (eg SourceForge) do a "postmaster" check if you try to mail them.
Accepting the RCPT command fools these overzealous sites into complacency.

> What would you do to a
> MAIL FROM: <> (OK)
> RCPT TO: <postmaster at roaringpenguin.com> (OK)
> RCPT TO: <some-other-valid-email-address at roaringpenguin.com> (???)

Reject.  We don't accept mail from <> to multiple recipients, either.

Regards,

David.



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