[ietf-clear] CLEAR Charter

[Ryan Ordway]

On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 07:54, John Levine wrote:
> >|From CSV: "A sending SMTP client MUST supply a published
> >|domain name as the parameter to an SMTP HELO or EHLO." If
> >|that's consistent wiwth applicable RFCs, then I support
> >|Glube's text.
> 
> I don't write RFCs, but I'm pretty good at reading them.
> 
> Section 4.1.1.1 of RFC 2821 says that the argument to EHLO or HELO is
> the fully qualified domain name of the host, or a bracketed literal IP
> address if the host doesn't have a useful name, e.g., it's in a
> dynamic pool.  RFC 821 just says the argument is the domain name and
> doesn't say anything about bracketed IP addresses.
> 
> We should make it explicit that CSV doesn't support hosts that don't
> have names and isn't applicable to hosts that HELO or EHLO with a
> bracketed literal.

	Should there be anything done about bracketed IP
addresses? The goal would be to get people to use
fully qualified names for HELO/EHLO, should we react
negatively to those who don't? Or should it be a neutral
reaction? 

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