"Russell J. Lahti" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > No email clients or servers should be providing HELO/EHLO > as the MSU mail server IPs though. I see quite a bit of > spam landing in my MSU inbox matching this criteria. > > Ex: Received: from [222.93.135.6] (helo=35.9.75.114) by > sys14.mail.msu.edu with smtp > > Filtering off of this is a pretty standard practice, and > shouldn't cause any problems. Did you run into problems > with these rules? Sadly, Yes. Also, upon closer inspection of the RFC, it appears as though even as the RFC dictates how a client identify itself via the HELO, it also states that the server should not reject based on the client's response. I just mention this as an aside. ./muk -- m. kolb <[log in to unmask]>