Re: Multi-Line Greetings A Certainty?

[Hector Santos <hsantos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I imagine it's more of an implementation robustness issue to support multiline greetings given the current text of RFC 5321.  However, Postfix's new postscreen daemon, docs http://www.postfix.org/postscreen.8.html , seems to be relying on it to do its job.  Also does something else disturbing (in typical Postfix experimental fashion) which is to disconnect clients just for not liking the initial "Teaser" banner.  According to the STANDARDS section, this is RFC 5321-stipulated stuff.  According to my experience, yeah, probably works for short enough timeouts, and I've seen plenty multiline greetings in the wild ...
>
> I don't like spam either, but does this not strike others as being really quite dangerous thinking and uncertain games to be playing?
>
> Cheers,
> Sabahattin

As a follow to my last response. Our settings was OFF by default with 
a template display.  When AOL began to do it, our next update had it 
on by default.

Keep in mind it is against the law (in the US) to abuse a computer. 
AOL really didn't do it because they knew their are broken clients out 
there. It was required by US federal law and I recall it was added 
after that big AOL lawsuit they won against a spammer a few years 
back.  It as the equivalent as required by the US EPCA for online host 
systems to provide/show the TOS on their system.

So to badly paraphrase an old GM saying:

       "Whats good for AOL, is good for Email!"

<g>

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Sincerely

Hector Santos
http://www.santronics.com