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) -- Robert Blayzor, BOFH INOC, LLC rblayzor@inoc.net PGP: http://www.inoc.net/~dev/ Key fingerprint = A445 7D1E 3D4F A4EF 6875 21BB 1BAA 10FE 5748 CFE9 Press [ESC] to detonate or any other key to explode.