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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:32:50 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Don Lewis <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com>
Cc:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sendmail greeting 
Message-ID:  <346.903087170@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 14 Aug 1998 02:08:39 PDT." <199808140908.CAA23257@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> 

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In message <199808140908.CAA23257@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>, Don Lewis writes:
>On Aug 13,  9:11pm, Garrett Wollman wrote:
>} Subject: Sendmail greeting
>
>} This gives a greeting like:
>} 
>} 220 khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu ESMTP server ready at Thu, 13 Aug 1998 21:10:03 -0400 (EDT)
>} 
>} ...which doesn't leak any version information at all.
>
>I like mine better:
>
>220 gatekeeper.tsc.tdk.com ESMTP (NO UNSOLICITED BULK EMAIL!); Fri, 14 Aug 1998 02:05:54 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I'd like to make it a little more verbose, but if it's any longer it confuses
>Microsoft Exchange.

I like mine even better:

critter phk> telnet mailgate.cybercity.dk 25
Trying 195.8.135.242...
Connected to mailgate.cybercity.dk.
Escape character is '^]'.
220-cicero1.cybercity.dk ESMTP Sendmail 8.8.7/8.8.7; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:35:41 +0200 (CEST)
220-
220-Unsolicited mass emails will not be relayed.  A handling fee of 
220-USD3.00/DKR20.00 will be charged per intended recipient of such emails.
220-contact <abuse@cybercity.dk> for more info.
220 

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