At 10:56 AM 10/16/95 +0100, Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no wrote:
Another suggestion was that SMTP headers always contain the IP address. I've seen this in quite a few mailers already. All we need is a slight modification to the SMTP Receipt standard. This could be a Best Current Practice, quickly published!
Hm, this is already covered. RFC 1123 says:
5.2.8 DATA Command: RFC-821 Section 4.1.1 ... * The FROM field SHOULD contain both (1) the name of the source host as presented in the HELO command and (2) a domain literal containing the IP address of the source, determined from the TCP connection.
Big deal. Since it is only SHOULD many mailers, like CDC's MAIL*Hub profess not to support it, as it is not a MUST... Robert Moskowitz Chrysler Corporation (810) 758-8212