Re: PATCH: skip_5xx_greeting (was: selecting MX record)

Subject: Re: PATCH: skip_5xx_greeting (was: selecting MX record)
From: Ralf Hildebrandt (R.Hildebrandttu-bs.de)
Date: Tue Jan 04 2000 - 10:16:19 CST

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On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 10:34:53AM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote:
> So, if the primary MX host rejects the connection with 5xx, Sendmail
> simply ignores it and skip to the next one? How bizarre.

Yup.

> Not that I would recommend turning it on, but you never know.

But in this particular case I think that the DNS entries are just busted.
rrz.uni-hamburg.de is a VERY chaotic bunch of people (no offense intended).
They used to use "geheim" as default passwords for new users. And since
(l)users NEVER change their passwords unless hit real hard you can
imagine what happened.

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