Re: header-munging

"D. J. Bernstein" <djb@koobera.math.uic.edu> Wed, 11 September 1996 05:17 UTC

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From: "D. J. Bernstein" <djb@koobera.math.uic.edu>
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> I think it might be much easier to consolidate these policy rules into
> one SMTP server, in which case allowing both RELAY and SUBMIT on the
> SMTP port would be good.

I don't understand. Does code consolidation imply port consolidation?

> The I-D draft-gellens-submit-01.txt proposes an ESMTP keyword to specify
> RELAY or SUBMIT, and also suggests an optional additional port.

In what situation is SUBMIT better than a separate port?

---Dan