[Mimedefang] Re: Filtering idea for stock pump&dumps

WBrown at e1b.org WBrown at e1b.org
Tue Jul 3 10:49:16 EDT 2007


"Kevin A. McGrail" <kmcgrail at pccc.com> wrote on 07/03/2007 10:22:28 AM:

> I can't name a mailer that isn't broken in some way or another.  The 
RFCs 
> just aren't specific enough to allow for anyone to claim 100% compliance 
not 
> to mention there are some stupid things that just aren't used or are 
likely 
> to cause security concerns.  The reality is that there are a lot of SMTP 

> daemons and they all have to play nice with each other to a certain 
extent.

Actually, the problem is that anyone can be 100% in compliance with the 
RFC, but their interpretation may not exactly match someone else's, and 
between the two slight differences, incompatibilities creep in.
 




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