Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 14:12:05 -0500 (CDT) From: Tony Kimball <Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM> To: jfieber@indiana.edu Cc: Anthony.Kimball@East.Sun.COM, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (over)zealous mail bouncing Message-ID: <199707241912.OAA03585@compound.east.sun.com> References: <199707241601.LAA03086@compound.east.sun.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970724123831.9603A-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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Quoth John Fieber on Thu, 24 July: : : Maybe I missed something here, but there is a big difference : between having a valid name for the posting machine and having a : valid name in the return address. Rejecting mail for the latter : case seems perfectly acceptable to me. Bouncing because of the : former is a bit more problematic. Nah, I was the one missing something. I had not realized that the issue was limited to refusing a port connection from an unidentifiable peer. If that is the case, my point, while still valid and correct, is entirely mooted. (Unfortunately the spam countermeasure is almost entirely 'mooted' as well.)
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