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Jun 20, 2009, 12:51 PM
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[Bug 855] New: Sender-callout-Verification should use VRFY not RCPT TO
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------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=855 Summary: Sender-callout-Verification should use VRFY not RCPT TO Product: Exim Version: N/A Platform: Other OS/Version: Windows Status: NEW Severity: bug Priority: medium Component: SMTP Authentication AssignedTo: nigel[at]exim.org ReportedBy: bugzilla[at]logicalsolutns.com CC: exim-dev[at]exim.org Excuse any mistakes I've made in filing what I believe is a 'bug report'. Using RCPT TO instead of VRFY (as provided for by RFC) during sender-verification-callout will cause the MTA to be black listed on backscatter.org http://www.backscatterer.org/index.php?target=sendercallouts In my opinion, the Sender-Verification should use VRFY as provided for in the RFC. Optionally a hard-fail switch can be added to reject mail from any domain which has disabled their VRFY feature (thus breaking RFC compliance). If an admin does not want to allow VRFY, then we can refuse to accept their email. But we should not be using the wrong command for our purposes. The following is interpreted by many admins as an attempt to bypass their attempts to disable sender-verification, and is clearly (to me) not in keeping with the RFC which specifies VRFY for sender verification. ********************************************************** 39.34 Sender address verification reporting When sender verification fails in an ACL, the details of the failure are given as additional output lines before the 550 response to the relevant SMTP command (RCPT or DATA). For example, if sender callout is in use, you might see: MAIL FROM:<xyz[at]abc.example> 250 OK RCPT TO:<pqr[at]def.example> 550-Verification failed for <xyz[at]abc.example> 550-Called: 192.168.34.43 550-Sent: RCPT TO:<xyz[at]abc.example> 550-Response: 550 Unknown local part xyz in <xyz[at]abc.example> 550 Sender verification failed -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.exim.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-dev Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ##
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