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At 10:56 AM 10/16/95 +0100, [email protected] 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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