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Re: VeriSign SMTP reject server updated

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew S. Hallacy)
Sun Sep 21 14:07:37 2003

Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 13:02:17 -0500
From: "Matthew S. Hallacy" <poptix@techmonkeys.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20030921003127.GA71373@gweep.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 08:31:27PM -0400, Joe Provo wrote:
> 
> Wrong protocol.  There should be *NO* SMTP transactions for 
> non-extistant domains.  

After being bit by this over the weekend I would have to agree, due to
a screwup at netSOL a companies domain I manage was resolving to their
sitefinder service, and all mail just went *poof*.

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Matthew S. Hallacy                            FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified
http://www.poptix.net                           GPG public key 0x01938203

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