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William Herrin
herrin-nanog at dirtside.com
Fri Jan 4 16:09:16 UTC 2008
On Jan 4, 2008 10:51 AM, Seth Mattinen <sethm at rollernet.us> wrote:
> Our mail servers reject connections that don't follow the RFC. Am I
> wrong to do this?
Seth,
RFC 1122 (Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers)
section 1.2.2 (Robustness Principle):
"Be liberal in what you accept, and
conservative in what you send"
Regards.
Bill Herrin
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