Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 16:11:56 PDT From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc aliases Message-ID: <97Aug10.161203pdt.177512@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Aug 97 13:23:14 PDT." <199708102023.NAA11257@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> wrote: >I *don't* think they should be taken out. They are mandated by RFC. I don't think they should be taken out either, but they are not mandated. 1. RFC2142 is Elective, not even Recommended and certainly not Required (see RFC2200). Elective means basically "if you are going to do something like this, you must do exactly this." 2. RFC2142 itself doesn't claim to apply to all hosts: The purpose of this memo is to aggregate and specify the basic set of mailbox names which organizations need to support. Most organizations do not need to support the full set of mailbox names defined here, since not every organization will implement the all of the associated services. However, if a given service is offerred, then the associated mailbox name(es) must be supported, resulting in delivery to a recipient appropriate for the referenced service or role. I could go either way on the commented / uncommentedness of the aliases in the default file, but I think it should go all one way or all the other. I disagree with the "it gives more ways for spammers to send to known userids" argument if they're all aliased to "root" -- "root" is already a well known userid. Bill
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