[Cialug] MTA HELO

Paul Gray gray at cs.uni.edu
Sun Jan 12 13:27:09 CST 2014


On 01/12/2014 01:18 PM, Paul Gray wrote:
> On 01/12/2014 12:35 PM, Kevin Smith wrote:
>>  It just has to correct syntax.
> 
>    [snip] In other words, names that *can be resolved* 
>    to MX RRs or address (i.e., A or AAAA) RRs (as discussed
>    in Section 5) are permitted, as are CNAME RRs whose targets can be
>    resolved, in turn, to MX or address RRs. Local nicknames or
>    unqualified names MUST NOT be used.
> 

Note also that the above RFC language clearly states that it's not just
adherence to proper syntax.  It *must* be resolvable.

-PG



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