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List:       busybox
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] sendmail: use host rather than NIS domain name for HELO
From:       Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2012-04-28 15:07:15
Message-ID: CAK1hOcPcdTngiV_3kAwYmXG3hOgpRfmMHZ8en-H2SZy1nJ=dOQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Ron Yorston <rmy@tigress.co.uk> wrote:
> According to RFC 5321 the argument to HELO "contains the fully-qualified
> domain name of the SMTP client" or its IP address if no FQDN is available.
> BusyBox sendmail uses the NIS domain name instead which, in many cases,
> is likely to be the default "(none)". =A0Despite this BusyBox sendmail wo=
rks
> because, per RFC 1123, the server "MUST NOT refuse to accept a message,
> even if the sender's HELO command fails verification".
>
> Using the host name is more likely to satisfy the intent of the RFC while
> allowing the otherwise unused safe_getdomainname function to be removed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston <rmy@tigress.co.uk>

Applied, thanks!
-- =

vda
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