Re: Multi-Line Greetings A Certainty?

[Sabahattin Gucukoglu <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 15 Feb 2010, at 05:18, John Levine wrote:
> I've used multiline greetings a lot, and I cannot remember any cases
> where a legit client MTA had trouble with them.  A really long one
> will indeed make some spambots barf.

Yes, I used them before realising they were affecting my spam load, however I have encountered a couple of instances, running really obscure software, that were affected.  I don't know whether, as pointed out AOL is now using them, this matters as much now that it did then (about 2001 I think).  I'm more worried by the use of rules which are only *just* specified, in passing.  They seem to be more the common trait of the spammer than a willful violation of standards, as such.

Cheers,
Sabahattin