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| From | Claus Aßmann <INVALID_NO_CC_REMOVE_IF_YOU_DO_NOT_POST_ml+sendmail(-no-copies-please)@esmtp.org> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.mail.sendmail |
| Subject | Re: A hypothetical question |
| Date | 2026-09-26 01:55 -0400 |
| Organization | MGT Consulting |
| Message-ID | <1197mod$4a0$1@news.misty.com> (permalink) |
| References | <119743r$2v2h$1@gal.iecc.com> |
John Levine wrote: > In today's skirmish, one of the TLS crowd says: > > 1. [Current text] Requiring all email server developers to write code to > > accept unencrypted mail, even if none of their users wants it Viktor clearly explained again and again that this is completely bogus. The SMTP engine MUST handle cleartext - that's what it gets from the TLS layer. > So my question is, imagine a hypothetical version of sendmail that was > STARTLS only. > How much code are we talking about here? None. It can already be enforced. See cf/README: Allowing Connections
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An hypothetical question John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2026-09-26 00:37 +0000 Re: A hypothetical question Claus Aßmann <INVALID_NO_CC_REMOVE_IF_YOU_DO_NOT_POST_ml+sendmail(-no-copies-please)@esmtp.org> - 2026-09-26 01:55 -0400
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