RE: address with brackets
- From: "John Tolmachoff \(Lists\)" <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:28:41 -0700
The only addresses that I see that need this are root, postmaster and abuse.
All others do not need it.
John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA
Engineer/Consultant
eServices For You
www.eservicesforyou.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 2:13 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: address with brackets
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> John, I can understand that a spam relay check checking for a host on the
ip
> block and sending. But what's that got to do with hosting an addr of
> user@[....] ?? That doesn't translate to anything that I can see. Can
you
> elaborate that point?
>
> Al
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 5:12 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: address with brackets
>
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> Many spam relay checks operate on the IP level, not on DNS.
>
> http://postmaster.info.aol.com/opse.html
>
>
> John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA
> Engineer/Consultant
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 1:49 PM
> > To: [ExchangeList]
> > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: address with brackets
> >
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> >
> > John, are you saying that the value is just the way that AOL runs it's
> > diagnostics? If so, I see your point, but think that test is a low
> > level test that only shows that DNS is misconfigured/not operational.
> > I still can't see the value in the context of the RFC for the majority
> > of users.
> I
> > certainly can't see the value in the context of mail abuse since
> > without
> DNS
> > service, you have the proverbial chicken and egg problem: without DNS
> > service, you can't find the ip address; mail flow only requires (for
> > most mailers that follow the concept) an A RR to deliver mail.
> >
> > Thanks for pointing out AOL's troubleshooting methods as one possible
> reason
> > to keep that address.
> >
> > Al
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 4:36 PM
> > To: [ExchangeList]
> > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: address with brackets
> >
> >
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> >
> > If you have any problems with AOL, and they do some tests, those are
> > sent
> to
> > postmaster@[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]
> >
> > John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA
> > Engineer/Consultant
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> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 1:15 PM
> > > To: [ExchangeList]
> > > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: address with brackets
> > >
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> > >
> > > I've read that as well, but I still don't see the value of the
> > > domain-literal addressing sequence and this doesn't help to explain
> > > it.
> > > >From that RFC (which, as far as I'm concerned is really ineffectual
> > > >since
> > > many hosts are still only RFC 821/822 compliant and don't know of
> > 2821/2822
> > > comments yet):
> > >
> > >
> > > 4.1.3 Address Literals
> > >
> > > Sometimes a host is not known to the domain name system and
> > > communication (and, in particular, communication to report and
repair
> > > the error) is blocked. To bypass this barrier a special literal
form
> > > of the address is allowed as an alternative to a domain name. For
> > > IPv4 addresses, this form uses four small decimal integers
separated
> > > by dots and enclosed by brackets such as [123.255.37.2], which
> > > indicates an (IPv4) Internet Address in sequence-of-octets form.
For
> > > IPv6 and other forms of addressing that might eventually be
> > > standardized, the form consists of a standardized "tag" that
> > > identifies the address syntax, a colon, and the address itself, in
a
> > > format specified as part of the IPv6 standards [17].
> > >
> > > Specifically:
> > >
> > > IPv4-address-literal = Snum 3("." Snum)
> > > IPv6-address-literal = "IPv6:" IPv6-addr
> > > General-address-literal = Standardized-tag ":" 1*dcontent
> > > Standardized-tag = Ldh-str
> > > ; MUST be specified in a standards-track RFC
> > > ; and registered with IANA
> > >
> > > Snum = 1*3DIGIT ; representing a decimal integer
> > > ; value in the range 0 through 255
> > > Let-dig = ALPHA / DIGIT
> > > Ldh-str = *( ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" ) Let-dig
> > >
> > > IPv6-addr = IPv6-full / IPv6-comp / IPv6v4-full / IPv6v4-comp
> > > IPv6-hex = 1*4HEXDIG
> > > IPv6-full = IPv6-hex 7(":" IPv6-hex)
> > > IPv6-comp = [IPv6-hex *5(":" IPv6-hex)] "::" [IPv6-hex *5(":"
> > > IPv6-hex)]
> > > ; The "::" represents at least 2 16-bit groups of zeros
> > > ; No more than 6 groups in addition to the "::" may be
> > > ; present
> > > IPv6v4-full = IPv6-hex 5(":" IPv6-hex) ":" IPv4-address-literal
> > > IPv6v4-comp = [IPv6-hex *3(":" IPv6-hex)] "::"
> > >
> > > [IPv6-hex *3(":" IPv6-hex) ":"]
IPv4-address-literal
> > > ; The "::" represents at least 2 16-bit groups of zeros
> > > ; No more than 4 groups in addition to the "::" and
> > > ; IPv4-address-literal may be present
> > >
> > > In theory, this sounds great and everybody should go away happy. In
> > > practice, if I have the IP address, where'd it come from? If I have
> > > an A
> > RR
> > > why can't I route to the domain that way? How do I scale that with
> > mulitple
> > > mail hosts?
> > >
> > > I suppose I can answer my question by putting a link on my web page
> > > for abuse such as abuse@[....] but that begs the question of how
> > > people get to my web page without my DNS? It starts to become
> > > circular logic after a brief amount of thought. About the only
> > > place I could put this address would be on my WHOIS records, and
> > > that can be hacked (and has) and often isn't up to date anyway. Why
> > > bother? I don't see the value.
> > >
> > > I'd love it if somebody can point out the value and useful
> > > implementations of such an address. 'Till then I'll continue to
> > > believe this is wrong and the world is flat ;)
> > >
> > >
> > > Al
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mark Fugatt [mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 2:57 PM
> > > To: [ExchangeList]
> > > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: address with brackets
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> > >
> > > I would recommend taking a look at this RFC:
> > > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2821.html
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark Fugatt
> > > MCT, MCSE, Microsoft Exchange MVP
> > > Pentech Office Solutions Inc
> > > Tel: 585 586 3890
> > > Cell: 585 576 4750
> > > Fax: 585 249 0316
> > > www.4mcts.com
> > > www.exchangetrainer.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:Al.Mulnick@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 12:06 PM
> > > To: [ExchangeList]
> > >
> > > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> > >
> > > I'm starting to wonder if I'm reading the same RFC :)
> > >
> > > I see this part of the RFC :
> > >
> > > 6.2.3. DOMAIN TERMS
> > >
> > > A domain-ref must be THE official name of a registry, network,
> > > or host. It is a symbolic reference, within a name sub-
> > > domain. At times, it is necessary to bypass standard mechan-
> > > isms for resolving such references, using more primitive
> > > information, such as a network host address rather than its
> > > associated host name.
> > >
> > > To permit such references, this standard provides the domain-
> > > literal construct. Its contents must conform with the needs
> > > of the sub-domain in which it is interpreted.
> > >
> > > Domain-literals which refer to domains within the ARPA Inter-
> > > net specify 32-bit Internet addresses, in four 8-bit fields
> > > noted in decimal, as described in Request for Comments #820,
> > > "Assigned Numbers." For example:
> > >
> > > [10.0.3.19]
> > >
> > > Note: THE USE OF DOMAIN-LITERALS IS STRONGLY
> DISCOURAGED.
> > It
> > > is permitted only as a means of bypassing temporary
> > > system limitations, such as name tables which are not
> > > complete.
> > >
> > > The names of "top-level" domains, and the names of domains
> > > under in the ARPA Internet, are registered with the Network
> > > Information Center, SRI International, Menlo Park,
> > > California.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > And especially notice the NOTE section which strongly discourages
> > > the use
> > of
> > > domain literals. I have to question the use of that by any
> > > blacklist/blocklist/blockhead that says you have to have one of
> > > those, especially since that concept doesn't really scale well, does
> > > it?
> > Multiple
> > > MX records are needed and if DNS is inoperable, then I suppose that
> > reverse
> > > DNS checks would also be broken, right?
> > >
> > > I'm not trying to rant about this, but it makes no sense!! What is
> > > the value of a domain-literal/implicitly defined FQDN for host
> > > delivery?
> > Better
> > > yet, is that not a bigger problem to specify such a thing with
> > > little return? I'd have to give away half the addresses (which
> > > arguably should
> > be
> > > public, but the situation is if DNS is down). I think that the
> > > further
> > use
> > > of the RFC which says that you should be able to fall back to trying
> > > an A
> > RR
> > > for a domain is a far better use of the system than is
> > > domain-literal acceptance.
> > >
> > >
> > > Al
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mark Fugatt [mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 10:27 AM
> > > To: [ExchangeList]
> > > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: address with brackets
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> > >
> > > Here is a link that should help you out: http://tinyurl.com/g8vq
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark Fugatt
> > > MCT, MCSE, Microsoft Exchange MVP
> > > Pentech Office Solutions Inc
> > > Tel: 585 586 3890
> > > Cell: 585 576 4750
> > > Fax: 585 249 0316
> > > www.4mcts.com
> > > www.exchangetrainer.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: giordanocontigiani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:giordanocontigiani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 3:48 AM
> > > To: [ExchangeList]
> > >
> > > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> > >
> > > RFC 822 require that SMTP server accept addres like
> > > "name@[1.2.3.4]",
> > where
> > > mail domain is a dtext within brackets. My exchange 2000 server dont
> > accept
> > > this type of address (there is a manner to configure this?), second
> > question
> > > outlook client dont permit to send to this address (outlook express
> > > permit
> > > it) thanks for any info regards giordano contigiani sys admin
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