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Re: Motion for a new POST NSF AUP
From: Robert Moskowitz <rgm3 () is chrysler com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 00:03:13 -0500
At 10:56 AM 10/16/95 +0100, Havard.Eidnes () runit sintef no wrote:
Another suggestion was that SMTP headers always contain the IP address. I've seen this in quite a few mailers already. All we need is a slight modification to the SMTP Receipt standard. This could be a Best Current Practice, quickly published!Hm, this is already covered. RFC 1123 says: 5.2.8 DATA Command: RFC-821 Section 4.1.1 ... * The FROM field SHOULD contain both (1) the name of the source host as presented in the HELO command and (2) a domain literal containing the IP address of the source, determined from the TCP connection.
Big deal. Since it is only SHOULD many mailers, like CDC's MAIL*Hub profess not to support it, as it is not a MUST... Robert Moskowitz Chrysler Corporation (810) 758-8212
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