dear sourceforge: when you go poop, do you need a crowbar to pry your ass open?

[rone]

<dkim-milter-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net>: host mail.sourceforge.net[66.35.250.206] said:
  550-Postmaster verification failed while checking <rone@eforceglobal.com>
  550-Called:   209.177.149.166
  550-Sent:     RCPT TO:<postmaster@eforceglobal.com>
  550-Response: 550 <postmaster@eforceglobal.com>: Recipient address rejected: eforceglobal.com
  550-Several RFCs state that you are required to have a postmaster
  550-mailbox for each mail domain. This host does not accept mail
  550-from domains whose servers reject the postmaster address.
  550 Sender verify failed (in reply to RCPT TO command)

Yeah, yeah, it would be nice if eFORCE's mail server were RFC-compliant, but at the same time, i'd love to print out section 2.10 of RFC 793, roll it up, and smack SourceForge's nose with it.

Comments

[benchilada.livejournal.com]

blibbo blabbo foreign language gobbledygook!

[dawn-guy.livejournal.com]

I think Postel said it better (for this situation) in RFC 760 section 3.2:

The implementation of a protocol must be robust. Each implementation must expect to interoperate with others created by different individuals. While the goal of this specification is to be explicit about the protocol there is the possibility of differing interpretations. In general, an implementation should be conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior. That is, it should be careful to send well-formed datagrams, but should accept any datagram that it can interpret (e.g., not object to technical errors where the meaning is still clear).

Whether you care to point out Eric Allman's strong support of extending Postel's philosophy to mail transfer is up to you.

You Just Hate Freedom!!!!

[drieuxster.livejournal.com]

All Security Measures Derive Their Authority FROM GOD!!!!

You Heathen God Hating America Basher!!! You MUST Learn to Love Freedom which is why we MUST have GOD GIVEN Security!!!

Anything less and bleeve, sniggle, fribdark.

[eagle]

Whenever something like this happens to me, I take it as a reminder that there are too many people on the Internet for me to talk to anyway, so when some of them self-select for being edited out of the set of people I care to communicate with, I should take advantage of that opportunity and be on one fewer mailing list.

If you have half a clue, and I know that you do, most of these mailing lists need you more than you need them. It's worth remembering that.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Given the responses i've garnered so far, i fear that you are, once again, correct.