Re: Postfix does not dot the i's when client sends gibberish

2008-12-14 Thread klondike
Victor Duchovni escribió: > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 05:14:26AM +0100, klondike wrote: > > >> When I first wrote began this thread I did it thinking that knowing this >> issue, could be helpful. >> > > If your first post contains the word "bug" in the subject line, expect > to meet resistanc

Re: Postfix does not dot the i's when client sends gibberish

2008-12-13 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 05:14:26AM +0100, klondike wrote: > When I first wrote began this thread I did it thinking that knowing this > issue, could be helpful. If your first post contains the word "bug" in the subject line, expect to meet resistance. A bit of humility: ask a question, rather than

Re: Postfix does not dot the i's when client sends gibberish

2008-12-13 Thread Wietse Venema
klondike: > When I first wrote began this thread I did it thinking that knowing this > issue, could be helpful. > > I didn't expect it to end as a flame war neither did I knew how complex > could be to solve the issue. But it was my first thread on this list, > and probably last. Anyway, its not d

Re: Postfix does not dot the i's when client sends gibberish

2008-12-13 Thread klondike
When I first wrote began this thread I did it thinking that knowing this issue, could be helpful. I didn't expect it to end as a flame war neither did I knew how complex could be to solve the issue. But it was my first thread on this list, and probably last. Anyway, its not due to the fact this is

Re: Postfix does not dot the i's when client sends gibberish

2008-12-12 Thread Wietse Venema
Ville Walveranta: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Moreover, Postfix was written before RFC2821. Declaring error > > replies buggy after the rules change is not useful. > > > > But if the rules do change, would you not alter Postfix accordingly? (I > don't mean this

Re: Postfix does not dot the i's when client sends gibberish

2008-12-12 Thread Ville Walveranta
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 9:12 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: > Moreover, Postfix was written before RFC2821. Declaring error > replies buggy after the rules change is not useful. > But if the rules do change, would you not alter Postfix accordingly? (I don't mean this instance specifically as this appe

Re: Postfix does not dot the i's when client sends gibberish

2008-12-12 Thread Wietse Venema
Victor Duchovni: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:59:41AM +0100, klondike wrote: > > > According to section 4.2.4 on the RFC 282, the SMTP server should return > > 502 only when a command is recognised but not implemented, and 500 if it > > isn't recognised. > > This is not a bug, but it is admittedl

Re: Postfix does not dot the i's when client sends gibberish

2008-12-12 Thread Larry Stone
On 12/11/08 11:03 PM, Victor Duchovni at victor.ducho...@morganstanley.com wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:53:18PM -0600, Larry Stone wrote: > >>> This is not a bug, but it is admittedly an unecessary deviation from >>> SHOULD normative language in the RFC when the client is in flagrant >>> v

OT: RE: Postfix does not dot the i's when client sends gibberish

2008-12-11 Thread MacShane, Tracy
> -Original Message- > From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org > [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of Larry Stone > Sent: Friday, 12 December 2008 3:53 PM > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: Postfix does not dot the i's when client sends

Re: Postfix does not dot the i's when client sends gibberish

2008-12-11 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:53:18PM -0600, Larry Stone wrote: > > This is not a bug, but it is admittedly an unecessary deviation from > > SHOULD normative language in the RFC when the client is in flagrant > > violation by sending garbage. > > At the risk of moving away from Postfix technical iss

Re: Postfix does not dot the i's when client sends gibberish

2008-12-11 Thread Larry Stone
On 12/11/08 9:41 PM, Victor Duchovni at victor.ducho...@morganstanley.com wrote: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:59:41AM +0100, klondike wrote: > >> According to section 4.2.4 on the RFC 282, the SMTP server should return >> 502 only when a command is recognised but not implemented, and 500 if it >>

Postfix does not dot the i's when client sends gibberish

2008-12-11 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:59:41AM +0100, klondike wrote: > According to section 4.2.4 on the RFC 282, the SMTP server should return > 502 only when a command is recognised but not implemented, and 500 if it > isn't recognised. This is not a bug, but it is admittedly an unecessary deviation from