Re: zmailer too restrictive

[Tom <tom@sdf.com>]

On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Sven Goldt wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Tom wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Erik E. Fair wrote:
> > 
> > > RFC821 is not the last word. It is further modified by RFC1123 ("Host
> > > Requirements").
> > 
> >   It does not change any part of the standard, otherwise a new RFC would
> > have been issued.  RFC 1122 just clarifies RFC 821.  RFC 1122 does not
> > change the BNF grammar, in fact RFC 112 does not contain a BNF grammar for
> > SMTP.
> > 
> 
> Well, it does change or say clarify it:
> 
> 5.2.16  RFC-822  Local-part: RFC-822 Section 6.2
> [...]
> A host that is forwarding the message but is not the
> destination host implied by the right-hand side "domain" MUST
> NOT interpret or modify the "local-part" of the address.
> [...]
> 
> That means if i send a message out of my domain, zmailer must not
> check the local-part !

  Doesn't really apply here.  I've never thought it to be a problem for
MTA to modify the local-part though.

  This also means that since the local-part can't be "fixed", it must be
bounced.

> Greets, Sven
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> 

Tom