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Re: What *are* they smoking?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wayne E. Bouchard)
Mon Sep 15 21:37:55 2003

Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:30:44 -0700
From: "Wayne E. Bouchard" <web@typo.org>
To: netmask <netmask@enZotech.net>
Cc: Kevin Loch <kloch@gurunet.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0309152013430.18229@abryyn.zvaqfrp.pbz>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu



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So then now instead of mail to misspelled domains, instead of
bouncing, now goes to /dev/null and you have no idea that your
critically important piece of information didn't get through?

Neat.

On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:17:43PM -0500, netmask wrote:
>=20
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
> > Date: Monday, September 15, 2003 7:34 pm
> > Subject: Re: What *are* they smoking?
> >
> > >
> > > No, it accepts if the from domain exists - but only if it *REALLY*
> > > exists.
> >
> > Anyone want to guess what happens to all those from addresses it captur=
es?
>=20
> No doubt.. It's unfortunate that they are running a daemon on port 25 on =
that
> box..  and that it actually lets you helo and mail from.. and not until y=
ou
> get to rcpt to  does it reject.. unless you use a domain its now got cach=
ed
> in which case it accepts the to: and closes at data. (So, if you rcpt twi=
ce,
> it'll accept it.. cuz like everyone else, its own dns server resolves
> everything)
>=20
> [netmask@devnull netmask]$ telnet www.oisdufoisdufoisuf.com 25
> Trying 64.94.110.11...
> Connected to www.oisdufoisdufoisuf.com.
>=20
> 220 snubby3-wceast Snubby Mail Rejector Daemon v1.3 ready
>=20
> helo ishouldntresolvebutthankstoyouido.com
> 250 OK
>=20
> mail from: <ihateverisign@ishouldntresolvebutthankstoyouido.com>
> 250 OK
>=20
> rcpt to: <anyone@lkajsdflkjasdflkjasdf.com>
> 550 User domain does not exist.
>=20
> rcpt to: <anyone@lkajsdflkjasdflkjasdf.com>
> 250 OK
>=20
> data
> 221 snubby3-wceast Snubby Mail Rejector Daemon v1.3 closing transmission
> channel
>=20

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Wayne Bouchard
web@typo.org
Network Dude
http://www.typo.org/~web/

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