Scott Kitterman wrote:
On Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:06:41 AM Miles Fidelman wrote:
Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
The Postfix SMTP server does not implement the legacy Sendmail SMTP
help interface, this feature is obsolete.
Last time I looked (just now), RFC5321 stated:
"SMTP servers SHOULD support HELP without arguments and MAY support it
with arguments."
Not implemented, yes, and Postfix properly responds with a 502 response
code. Arguably not all that useful when implemented (e.g., as by
Sendmail). But neither "legacy" nor "obsolete" would seem to apply.
Is this reply nitpicky, and/or pedantic? Probably.
5321 also says:
"4.1.1.8. HELP (HELP)
This command causes the server to send helpful information to the
client. ..."
It sounds like you got some helpful information, so one might even argue that
telling you HELP is not implemented is an implementation of HELP.
:-)
and Jase Thew wrote:
I think you may be confusing "SHOULD" with "MUST". RFC5321 section 1.3
refers to RFC 2119 for the defintions of these keywords.
<snip>
Yes, I too am being pedantic/nitpicky ;)
Must not have had my coffee. Fair enough and point taken. :-)
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In<fnord> practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
