Agreed. The scare tactics were unecessary. But these sort of issues are
kind of like religion (the vi vs. emacs one I mean). Some people are
all like, "ooooh you must ALWAYS <do something> because if you
don't the wrath of Postel's ghost shall strike thee down from above",
whereas in reality things like this *are* (you're correct) usually
handled by the receiving side. Some MTA's have their own quirks just by
design, or through an admin's temperament/policy thrust down from
above; some require PTR's, or are fascist about HELO vs. EHLO
formatting or they block vs. warn on SPF records, just like some admins
are fascist about how they get their knickers in a twist about a whole
lotta nothing and then broadcast their diatribe to as many people as
they can to try and make their bosses think they're doing a bang-up job.<br>
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-RMT.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/27/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Campbell</b> <<a href="mailto:campbell@cnpapers.com">campbell@cnpapers.com</a>> wrote:</span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I always thought it was up to the receiving server to decide on the mail<br>transaction. It sort of POed me the way they threw the scare tactics at
<br>these guys at this little company.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Steve Campbell<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br>-- Vescere bracis meis.