Jerrale G: > I explained why it is needed, as the bare_newline is a good idea and the > same principal we used about 4 years ago, before we moved to postfix. it > is to deter bottlers, on the idea that bottlers and spammers with non > rfc-complian smtp bots only try to connect one time. However, a small
With postscreen, if the bot fails the bare newline test, it will never be able to deliver mail to Postfix. So, that problem is solved. However, experience with postscreen shows that very few bots make bare newline mistakes nowadays. The pregreet trap catches a lot more. Wietse