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Re: [Asrg] seeking comments on new RMX article

Mike Rubel <asrg@mikerubel.org> Tue, 06 May 2003 16:44 UTC

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From: Mike Rubel <asrg@mikerubel.org>
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Subject: Re: [Asrg] seeking comments on new RMX article
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Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 09:43:54 -0700

On Tue, 6 May 2003, Vernon Schryver wrote:
> The RMX check as I understand it is intended to ask the people who own
> the envelope sender domain name if the IP address of the SMTP client is
> authorized to send mail with that sender name.  If the HELO value matches
> the sender name, and if one of the IP addresses of the HELO value is that
> of the SMTP client, then the SMTP client is authorized.

Vernon,

This is not quite how RMX works; perhaps our disagreement stems from a
simple miscommunication.

Won't you please take a look at the page?

	http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rmx_records/

Thanks,
Mike

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