Mailserver requirements

Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
Mon Apr 5 21:57:23 UTC 2004


On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 23:42:28 +0200, Daniel Roesen <dr at cluenet.de>  said:

> Anyway... it's a heuristic which definately does give false positives.
> The only requirement is that IF a domain/host accepts mail there MUST be
> a postmaster@ address.

If you squint and cross your eyes, you can even convince yourself that RFC2821
says it's OK for said address to be bouncing due to over-quota conditions,
because the requirement is for existence, not for usability. :)

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