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Article #4325Re: Is there really no TURN command in sendmail's SMTP?
From: James M Galvin
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1987 12:59
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1987 12:59
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In article <1701@xanth.UUCP> kyle@xanth.UUCP (Kyle Jones) writes: >> 2. I doubt that you'll find anyone who has actually hacked it in... it's >> really a bigger deal than it seems. >Sendmail wouldn't have to do all that! It would simply have to go through its >queuefiles, looking at the envelope of each letter and determine which ones go >to the host on the other end of the SMTP connection. The reason there is no TURN command is much more fundamental. How do you verify the identity of the "calling" entity reliably enough to believe you are giving the mail to the right entity? True, the security is marginally better when you are doing the "calling" to deliver, but it is better. -- James M Galvin
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rochester!udel!galvin From: galvin@udel.EDU (James M Galvin) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Is there really no TURN command in sendmail's SMTP? Message-ID: <398@louie.udel.EDU> Date: Tue, 28-Jul-87 08:59:15 EDT Article-I.D.: louie.398 Posted: Tue Jul 28 08:59:15 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jul-87 05:44:32 EDT References: <1726@ubvax.UUCP> <6745@dartvax.UUCP> <1701@xanth.UUCP> Reply-To: galvin@udel.EDU (James M Galvin) Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 16