[62654] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: VeriSign SMTP reject server updated
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Blayzor)
Sat Sep 20 16:44:36 2003
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:43:58 -0400
From: Robert Blayzor <rblayzor@inoc.net>
To: Roy <garlic@garlic.com>, Matt Larson <mlarson@verisign.com>
Cc: <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <3F6CAD0D.9030903@garlic.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On 9/20/03 3:39 PM, "Roy" <garlic@garlic.com> wrote:
> While 550 may be the proper answer for a domain that does not exist, it
> is an improper answer for a domain that does exist but that is not
> included in the zone for some reason. Verisign is not the owner of the
> domain and, as such, has no right to discard mail destined for that
> domain. Mail should remain in the queue of the sender.
Not to be picky, but the banner also violates RFC. The 220 should be
followed by FQDN identifying the system.
[flem:~] telnet zzfoobar.net 25
Trying 64.94.110.11...
Won't send login name and/or authentication information.
Connected to zzfoobar.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 VeriSign mail rejector (Postfix)
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