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Posted to users@spamassassin.apache.org by Robert Menschel <Ro...@Menschel.net> on 2004/02/17 05:52:11 UTC

Re[2]: RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO

Hello Jonas,

Sunday, February 15, 2004, 4:41:03 AM, you wrote:

>>  Is there a reason the square brackets were left out of the
>>  distribution rule set?

JE> The most probable reason is that it's perfectly legal to use an
JE> IP adress in HELO as long as it's enclosed in square brackets.

JE> The distribuition rule gives a score to incorrect numeric HELO,
JE> while your rule would give the score to both correct and incorrect
JE> numeric HELOs.

Thank you.  Confirmed -- my addition hits much too much ham.

Bob Menschel

Re: RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO

Posted by Bob Apthorpe <ap...@cynistar.net>.

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:52:11 -0800 Robert Menschel <Ro...@Menschel.net> wrote:

> Sunday, February 15, 2004, 4:41:03 AM, you wrote:
> 
> >>  Is there a reason the square brackets were left out of the
> >>  distribution rule set?
> 
> JE> The most probable reason is that it's perfectly legal to use an
> JE> IP adress in HELO as long as it's enclosed in square brackets.
> 
> JE> The distribuition rule gives a score to incorrect numeric HELO,
> JE> while your rule would give the score to both correct and incorrect
> JE> numeric HELOs.
> 
> Thank you.  Confirmed -- my addition hits much too much ham.

Q: Are there any legitimate mailservers that HELO with a dotted quad?

-- Bob