Magnus B?ck: > On Mon, February 22, 2010 9:50 am, Jon Tullett said: > > [...] > > > My smtpd_banner is set to "$mylocalhost ESMTP". The localhost is the > > full localname+domain. I took "(Postfix)" out of the banner because > > I'm paranoid and don't like advertising what specific software is > > offering a service - is that omission now causing a problem? > > That omission doesn't contribute to your problem, but it's fairly useless > since MTAs can typically be identiifed anyway based on behaviour and > messages etc. Postfix example: > > $ telnet localhost 25 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 elwood.jpl.local ESMTP Postfix > POST foo > 221 2.7.0 Error: I can break rules, too. Goodbye. > Connection closed by foreign host.
Indeed... Wietse % telnet mailin-02.mx.aol.com. smtp Trying 64.12.90.65... Connected to mailin-02.mx.aol.com. Escape character is '^]'. 220-mtain-ma06.r1000.mx.aol.com ESMTP Internet Inbound 220-AOL and its affiliated companies do not 220-authorize the use of its proprietary computers and computer 220-networks to accept, transmit, or distribute unsolicited bulk 220-e-mail sent from the internet. 220-Effective immediately: 220-AOL may no longer accept connections from IP addresses 220 which no do not have reverse-DNS (PTR records) assigned. POST foo 221 2.7.0 Error: I can break rules, too. Goodbye. Connection closed by foreign host.