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IETF RFC 876

Survey of SMTP implementations

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Network Working Group                                       D. Smallberg
Request for Comments:  876                                           ISI
                                                          September 1983

                    Survey of SMTP Implementations

                         ---------------------- 

This memo is a survey of implementation status.  It does not specify an
official protocol, but rather notes the status of impementation of 
aspects of a protocol.  It is expected that the status of the hosts
reported on will change.  This information must be treated as a snapshot
of the state of these implementations.

                          ----------------------

     From May to August 1983, I tested SMTP servers on the Internet to
see whether they accepted connections from the Arpanet (a Class A
network) and ISI-Net (a Class B network), whether they accepted the user
"postmaster" as a mail recipient, and whether a nonexistent user was
immediately rejected as a mail recipient.

     The hosts from which the tests were conducted were ISI-VAXA on the
Arpanet (running 4.1bsd UNIX), and ISI-MOE on ISI-Net (running 4.1a).
Internet hosts were tested at various times throughout the last four
months.  During the survey, I noted anomalies in a few dozen hosts' SMTP
servers; examples included a RSET command causing the server to close
the connection, a VRFY POSTMASTER evoking a reply containing an illegal
mailbox, and some cases of improper reply codes.  These bugs were
reported and in most cases promptly fixed.

     I would class three problems as significant because about 40 hosts
exhibit at least one of them:

     1)  In reply to a RSET and/or a NOOP command, some servers reply
         "200", which is never a legal reply code, instead of "250".
         (See sections 4.2 and 4.3 of RFC 821.)

     2)  If a VRFY command occurs before a MAIL command, some hosts
         reply "554 Nested MAIL command".  The end of section 4.1.1 of
         RFC 821 states that a VRFY may occur anywhere in the session.

     3)  If a mail transaction is started, with a sender and receiver
         specified, and a RSET is issued before the text of the message
         itself is collected, some servers send a message to the sender
         about being unable to deliver mail because no message was
         collected.  While RFC 821 doesn't rule this out, it certainly
         is not consistent with the notion of resetting the transaction.

     In the table in the appendix, the names and addresses of the hosts
tested were taken from the NIC host table of 17 August 1983.  TACs and
echo hosts were not included in the survey.


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RFC 876 Here are the summarized results of the survey: 483 hosts were tested 283 are claimed by the host table to support SMTP 49 of those 283 (17%) failed to permit a connection to be opened from either ISI-VAXA or ISI-MOE. 51 hosts did not claim to support SMTP, but did allow a connection to be opened from at least one of the two ISI test hosts. 285 hosts were connected to from ISI-VAXA 170 hosts were connected to from ISI-MOE; all 170 were connected to from ISI-VAXA as well. 115 hosts out of the 285 (40%), therefore, could be connected to from ISI-VAXA only. 69 of the 285 connectable hosts (24%) returned a positive reply to the command "VRFY postmaster" 162 hosts out of the 285 connectable hosts (57%) immediately rejected mail addressed to a nonexistent user; that is, they gave an "unknown user" reply to the command "RCPT TO:<jqkxwzvb@host>", where "host" was the foreign host. 115 hosts out of the 285 (40%) gave a positive acknowledgement to a RCPT command with a nonexistent user. 8 hosts (3%) were never up during this part of the test. 121 hosts out of the 162 which immediately reject mail to nonexistent users (75%) accepted mail for the recipient "postmaster". Thus, 42% (121 out of 285) of the connectable hosts do not immediately reject mail for "postmaster". References: RFC 821 Postel, J., "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol", RFC 821, Network Information Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, August 1982. Page 2

RFC 876 APPENDIX The hosts in this table are taken from the NIC host table of 17 August 1983, with TACs and echo hosts omitted, and are grouped by network. There are six result entries for each host: Claim SMTP + = the host table lists this host as supporting SMTP; - = such support is not listed Arpanet + = a connection could be opened from ISI-VAXA - = no such connection could be opened ISI-Net + = a connection could be opened from ISI-MOE - = no such connection could be opened VRFY Post + = the command "VRFY postmaster" evoked a positive reply - = it did not RCPT Post + = the command "RCPT TO:<postmaster@host>" elicited a positive reply - = it did not Bad jqkx + = the command "RCPT TO:<jqkxwzvb@host>" elicited a negative reply (i.e. unknown user) - = it received a positive reply (i.e. recipient accepted) Claim Arpa ISI- VRFY RCPT Bad SMTP net Net Post Post jqkx Host name Address Notes ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- ------- ----- - - - - - - alta-coma 3.1.0.50 - - - - - - satnet 4.0.0.0 - - - - - - etam-expak 4.0.0.1 - - - - - - goonhilly-expak 4.0.0.2 - - - - - - tanum-expak 4.0.0.3 - - - - - - satnet-sink 4.0.0.37 - - - - - - etam-monitor 4.0.0.41 - - - - - - goonhilly-monitor 4.0.0.42 - - - - - - tanum-monitor 4.0.0.43 - - - - - - raisting 4.0.0.72 - - - - - - raisting-monitor 4.0.0.78 - - - - - - raisting-expak 4.0.0.79 - - - - - - fucino 4.0.0.88 - - - - - - fucino-monitor 4.0.0.94 - - - - - - fucino-expak 4.0.0.95 + + + - + + bbncca 8.0.0.2 + + + - + + bbnccb 8.1.0.2 + + + - + + bbnccc 8.2.0.2 + + + - + + bbnccd 8.3.0.2 + + - - + - bbnccg 8.0.0.3 b + + + - + + bbnccf 8.0.0.4 Page 3

RFC 876 Claim Arpa ISI- VRFY RCPT Bad SMTP net Net Post Post jqkx Host name Address Notes ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- ------- ----- + + + - + + bbnccp 8.2.0.4 + + + - + + bbncci 8.3.0.4 + + + - + + bbnh 8.4.0.4 + - - - - - bbn-cdnoc 8.0.0.5 + + + - + + bbn-cd 8.1.0.5 + + + - + + bbn-admin 8.1.0.6 + + + - + + bbn-inoc 8.2.0.6 + + + - + + bbnccw 8.3.0.6 + + + - + + bbnccs 8.0.0.7 + + + - + + bbnz 8.1.0.7 + + + - + + bbnccq 8.2.0.7 + + + - + + bbnccx 8.0.0.8 + + + - + + bbnccy 8.2.0.8 + + + - + + csnet-cic 8.0.0.14 + + + - + + bbn-noc 8.1.0.14 + + + - + - ucla-cs 10.0.0.1 - - - - - - ucla-ccn 10.1.0.1 + + + - + - ucla-locus 10.2.0.1 + + + - + - ucla-ats 10.3.0.1 - - - - - - sri-nsc11 10.0.0.2 + + + + + + sri-kl 10.1.0.2 + + + - + - sri-csl 10.2.0.2 + + - - + + sri-tsc 10.3.0.2 + + + - + - nosc-cc 10.0.0.3 - - - - - - logicon 10.2.0.3 + + + - + - nprdc 10.3.0.3 + + + + + + utah-cs 10.0.0.4 + + + - + - utah-20 10.3.0.4 + + + - + - bbnf 10.0.0.5 + + + - + - bbng 10.1.0.5 + + + - + - bbna 10.3.0.5 + + + + + + mit-multics 10.0.0.6 + + + - + - mit-dms 10.1.0.6 - - - - - - mit-ai-reserved 10.2.0.6 + + + - + - mit-ml 10.3.0.6 + + + + + - rand-relay 10.1.0.7 + + + - + + rand-unix 10.3.0.7 + + + - + + nrl 10.0.0.8 + + + - + - nrl-aic 10.1.0.8 + + + - + + nswc-wo 10.2.0.8 - - - - - - nrl-tops10 10.3.0.8 - - - - - - nrl-arctan 10.6.0.8 + + + - + - nrl-css 10.7.0.8 - - - - - - harv-10 10.0.0.9 + + + - + - yale 10.2.0.9 + + + - + + ll 10.0.0.10 + + + - + - ll-vlsi 10.1.0.10 + + - - - + ll-xn 10.2.0.10 + + - - - + ll-en 10.4.0.10 + - - - - - ll-sst 10.6.0.10 Page 4

RFC 876 Claim Arpa ISI- VRFY RCPT Bad SMTP net Net Post Post jqkx Host name Address Notes ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- ------- ----- + + + - + + su-ai 10.0.0.11 + + + + + + su-score 10.3.0.11 + + + - + + compion-vms 10.0.0.12 + + + + + + gunter-adam 10.1.0.13 - + + - + - cmu-cs-b 10.0.0.14 + + + - + - cmu-cs-a 10.1.0.14 + + + - + - cmu-cs-c 10.3.0.14 + + + + + - rochester 10.0.0.15 + + + - + + ames-tss 10.0.0.16 + + + - - + ames-vmsa 10.2.0.16 - + + - - + ames-vmsb 10.3.0.16 + + + - + + mitre 10.0.0.17 - + + - - + mitre-gateway 10.1.0.17 - - - - - - mitre-lan 10.4.0.17 + + + + + + radc-multics 10.0.0.18 + + + + + + radc-tops20 10.3.0.18 - - - - - - radc-unix 10.5.0.18 + - - - - - ge-crd 10.6.0.18 + + + - - + nbs-vms 10.0.0.19 + + - - - + nbs-sdc 10.1.0.19 - - - - - - nbs-unix 10.2.0.19 - - - - - - nbs-pl 10.3.0.19 - - - - - - cctc 10.0.0.20 + + + - + + edn-unix 10.3.0.20 - + + - - + dca-ems 10.4.0.20 - - - - - - dcec-psat 10.5.0.20 - - - - - - dcec-itel 10.6.0.20 - - - - - - dcec-bridge 10.7.0.20 + - - - - - lll-tis 10.0.0.21 + + + - + - lll-mfe 10.1.0.21 - - - - - - lll-zdivision 10.2.0.21 - - - - - - isi-speech11 10.0.0.22 + + + + + + usc-isi 10.1.0.22 + + + + + + usc-isic 10.2.0.22 + + + - + - usc-eclb 10.0.0.23 + + + - + - usc-eclc 10.1.0.23 + + + - + - usc-ecl 10.3.0.23 + + + - + + nadc 10.0.0.24 - - - - - - wharton-10 10.3.0.24 + + + + + + seismo 10.0.0.25 + + + + + + usc-isid 10.0.0.27 - - - - - - isi-png11 10.1.0.27 + + + - + - isi-vaxa 10.2.0.27 - - - - - - isi-mcon 10.1.21.27 - - - - - - isi-wbc11 10.1.23.27 - - - - - - isi-maint11 10.1.25.27 - - - - - - isi-setting 10.1.89.27 - - - - - - isi-loretta 10.1.90.27 - - - - - - isi-pallas-athene 10.1.91.27 - - - - - - isi-aikane 10.1.97.27 Page 5

RFC 876 Claim Arpa ISI- VRFY RCPT Bad SMTP net Net Post Post jqkx Host name Address Notes ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- ------- ----- - - - - - - isi-czar 10.1.98.27 - - - - - - isi-mycroftxxx 10.1.99.27 - - - - - - isi-cmr 10.1.124.27 - - - - - - isi-ihm 10.1.125.27 - + - - - + arpa-dms 10.0.0.28 + - - - - - arpa-png11 10.3.0.28 + + + - + + brl 10.0.0.29 + + + - - + apg-1 10.1.0.29 + + - - + - cca-unix 10.0.0.31 + + + - - + cca-vms 10.1.0.31 + + + - + - parc-maxc 10.0.0.32 + + - - + - kestrel 10.3.0.32 - - - - - - nps 10.0.0.33 - - - - - - fnoc-secure 10.3.0.33 + + + - - + lbl-nmm 10.0.0.34 + + - + + + lbl-csam 10.1.0.34 - - - - - - nosc-secure2 10.0.0.35 + + - - - + nosc-tecr 10.1.0.35 - - - - - - nosc-secure3 10.3.0.35 - - - - - - nosc-f4 10.4.0.35 - - - - - - coins-tas 10.0.0.36 - - - - - - cincpacflt-wm 10.1.0.36 + + + - + - purdue 10.0.0.37 + - - - - - bragg-sta1 10.1.0.38 - - - - - - bbn-psat-ig 10.2.0.40 + + + - + + office-1 10.0.0.43 + + + - + + office-2 10.1.0.43 + + - - + + office-3 10.2.0.43 + + - - + + office-7 10.3.0.43 + + + - + - mit-xx 10.0.0.44 - - - - - - mit-tstgw 10.2.0.44 + + + - + - mit-mc 10.3.0.44 + + - - + + ardc 10.1.0.45 - - - - - - collins-pr 10.0.0.46 - - - - - - collins-gw 10.1.0.46 - - - - - - okc-unix 10.3.0.46 - - - - - - wpafb 10.0.0.47 + - - - - - wpafb-afwal 10.1.0.47 - - - - - - afwl 10.1.0.48 + + + - + - bbnb 10.0.0.49 + + + - + - bbnc 10.3.0.49 + + + - + + bbn-clxx 10.4.0.49 + + + + + + st-nic 10.0.0.51 - - - - - - sri-sta6 10.1.1.51 + + - + + + srijoyce 10.1.4.51 + + - - + + sri-unix 10.2.0.51 - - - - - - sri-sta2 10.3.1.51 - - - - - - sri-prmh 10.3.2.51 + + + - + + ada-vax 10.0.0.52 + + + + + + usc-isie 10.1.0.52 Page 6

RFC 876 Claim Arpa ISI- VRFY RCPT Bad SMTP net Net Post Post jqkx Host name Address Notes ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- ------- ----- + + + + + + usc-isif 10.2.0.52 + + + + + + usc-isib 10.3.0.52 - - - - - - afsc-ad 10.0.0.53 - - - - - - afsc-dev 10.2.0.53 - - - - - - ncsc 10.4.0.53 - - - - - - martin 10.5.0.53 + + + + + + cit-20 10.0.0.54 + + + - + - cit-vax 10.1.0.54 - + - - - + acc 10.2.0.54 + + + - - + jpl-vax 10.3.0.54 + + - - - + anl-mcs 10.1.0.55 a + + + + + + sumex-aim 10.0.0.56 + + + - + + su-dsn 10.1.0.56 + + + - + + aids-unix 10.2.0.56 - - - - - - tycho 10.0.0.57 - - - - - - coins-gateway 10.1.0.57 + + + - + - nyu 10.0.0.58 + + + - + + bnl 10.1.0.58 + + + + + + rutgers 10.2.0.58 + + + + + - ru-green 10.2.1.58 + + + + + - ru-blue 10.2.2.58 + + + + + + stl-host1 10.0.0.61 + - - - - - almsa-1 10.1.0.61 + + - + + + utexas-11 10.0.0.62 + + + + + + utexas-20 10.1.0.62 - + - + + + utexas-780 10.2.0.62 + + - - - + martin-b 10.1.0.64 - - - - - - robins-unix 10.3.0.64 - - - - - - afsc-sd 10.0.0.65 + + + - + - aerospace 10.2.0.65 - - - - - - afgl 10.1.0.66 + + + - + - mitre-bedford 10.3.0.66 - + + + + + afsc-hq 10.0.0.67 + + + + + + usgs1-multics 10.0.0.68 - - - - - - usgs1-amdahl 10.2.0.68 + + + + + + usgs2-multics 10.0.0.69 + + - + + - usgs3-multics 10.0.0.70 b + - - - - - usgs3-vms 10.2.0.70 - - - - - - bbn-tmp2 10.2.0.71 + + + - + + bbn-unix 10.1.0.72 + + + - + - sri-nic 10.0.0.73 - - - - - - sri-warf 10.1.0.73 + + + + + + sri-ai 10.2.0.73 + + - - - + sri-iu 10.3.0.73 - + - - - + sri-vax 10.3.2.73 + - - - - - sri-spam-test 10.4.0.73 + - - - - - simtel20 10.0.0.74 + + + - - + wsmr70a 10.1.0.74 + + + - - + wsmr70b 10.3.0.74 - + + - - + yuma 10.3.0.75 Page 7

RFC 876 Claim Arpa ISI- VRFY RCPT Bad SMTP net Net Post Post jqkx Host name Address Notes ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- ------- ----- + - - - - - obl-em 10.0.0.76 + + + + + + cisl-service-multics 10.1.0.77 + - - - - - mit-oz 10.3.0.77 + + + + + + ucb-arpa 10.0.0.78 + + + + + + ucb-vax 10.2.0.78 - - - - - - mcclellan 10.3.0.78 + + + + + + dec-tops20 10.0.0.79 + + + + + + dec-marlboro 10.1.0.79 + + + + + + hi-multics 10.0.0.80 + + + - + + nems 10.0.0.81 + + + - + + nalcon 10.1.0.81 + + + - + + nsrdcoa 10.3.0.81 + + + - + + bbncct 10.0.0.82 + + + + + + bbn-vax 10.1.0.82 + + + - + + ddn1 10.3.0.82 - - - - - - bbn-rsm 10.4.0.82 + + + - + + bbn-noc2 10.6.0.82 - - - - - - test-mailbr 10.7.0.82 - + + - + + minet-lon 10.0.0.83 - + + - + - minet-noc 10.1.0.83 b + + - - + - tac-news 10.2.0.83 b - - - - - - test-bridge 10.3.0.83 - - - - - - nswc-dl 10.0.0.84 - + - - + - nswc-g 10.1.0.84 + + - - - + nwc-387a 10.0.0.85 + + + - + + nwc-387b 10.3.0.85 + + + - + + stt-noc 10.0.0.86 + + + + + + sandia 10.0.0.87 + + + + + + nlm-mcs 10.0.0.88 + + + + + + columbia-20 10.0.0.89 + + + - + - lanl 10.0.0.90 + + + + + + washington 10.0.0.91 + + + - + - uw-vlsi 10.3.0.91 - - - - - - nusc-npt 10.2.0.92 - + - - - + nusc 10.3.0.92 + + - - + + office-8 10.0.0.93 + + + - + + office-10 10.1.0.93 + + + - + + office-15 10.2.0.93 + + + - + - uwisc 10.1.0.94 - - - - - - s1-gateway 10.0.0.95 + + + - - + s1-a 10.1.0.95 + - - - - - s1-b 10.2.0.95 + + + - + - s1-c 10.3.0.95 + + + + + - udel-relay 10.0.0.96 - - - - - - udel-tcp 10.1.0.96 + + - - + + udel-ee 10.2.0.96 + + - + + + cornell 10.3.0.96 + + + - - + paxrv-nes 10.2.0.97 - - - - - - uwisc-x25 10.3.0.99 + - - - - - purdue-tn 14.0.0.1 Page 8

RFC 876 Claim Arpa ISI- VRFY RCPT Bad SMTP net Net Post Post jqkx Host name Address Notes ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- ------- ----- + - - - - - uwisc-tn 14.0.0.2 + - - - - - udel-tn 14.0.0.3 - - - - - - ucl-vtest 14.0.0.4 - - - - - - uk-satnet 14.0.0.6 - - - - - - wisc-ibm 14.0.0.7 + - - - - - rand-tn 14.0.0.8 - - - - - - mit-br-ethernet 18.2.0.7 - - - - - - mit-tiu 18.2.0.15 - - - - - - mit-alto-509 18.2.0.18 - - - - - - mit-alto-510 18.2.0.20 - - - - - - mit-alto-524 18.2.0.32 - - - - - - mit-alto-214b 18.2.0.56 - - - - - - mit-alto-511 18.2.0.72 - - - - - - mit-muriel 18.2.0.80 - - - - - - mit-alto-508 18.2.0.96 - - - - - - mit-alto-503 18.2.0.100 - - - - - - mit-spooler 18.2.0.128 - - - - - - mit-np-alto 18.2.0.129 - - - - - - mit-alto-502 18.2.0.130 - - - - - - mit-alto-828 18.2.0.134 - - - - - - mit-alto-520 18.2.0.170 - - - - - - mit-gw-lcs 18.8.0.4 - - - - - - mit-bridge 18.8.0.5 - - - - - - mit-rts 18.8.0.9 - - - - - - mit-rts40 18.8.0.10 - - - - - - mit-vax 18.8.0.16 - - - - - - mit-xx-11 18.8.0.32 + + + - + - mit-csr 18.10.0.8 - - - - - - mit-rts40-v2 18.10.0.10 - + + - + - mit-ajax 18.10.0.64 - + + - + - mit-borax 18.10.0.65 - + + - + - mit-comet 18.10.0.66 - - - - - - mit-dutch 18.10.0.67 - + + - + - mit-mrclean 18.10.0.68 - + + - + - mit-bold 18.10.0.69 - + + - + - mit-fab 18.10.0.70 - + + - + - mit-prj 18.10.0.71 - + + - + - mit-duz 18.10.0.72 - + + - + - mit-dash 18.10.0.73 - + + - + - mit-tide 18.10.0.74 - + - - + - mit-fla 18.10.0.75 + + + - + - mit-cls 18.10.0.76 - + + - + - mit-grape-nehi 18.10.0.77 - + + - + - mit-heineken 18.10.0.78 - + + - + - mit-oa 18.10.0.79 - - - - - - mit-macewan 18.10.0.80 - - - - - - mit-kirin 18.10.0.81 - + + - + - mit-molson 18.10.0.82 - + + - + - mit-milo 18.10.0.86 - + + + + + mit-opus 18.10.0.87 Page 9

RFC 876 Claim Arpa ISI- VRFY RCPT Bad SMTP net Net Post Post jqkx Host name Address Notes ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- ------- ----- - + + - + - mit-rinso 18.10.0.88 - - - - - - rsre 25.8.0.0 + + + - + - su-shasta 36.40.0.192 + + + + + + su-hnv 36.40.0.193 + + + + + + su-navajo 36.40.0.203 + + + + + + su-whitney 36.40.0.204 + + + - + + su-glacier 36.40.0.205 + + - - - + su-star 36.40.0.207 + + + + + - su-carmel 36.40.0.212 + + + + + + su-sierra 36.40.0.213 + - - - - - su-ardvax 36.45.0.85 + - - - - - su-safe 36.45.0.86 + + - - + + sri-tsca 39.128.3.59 - - - - - - sri-rolm 45.0.32.4 - + - + + + ucbarpa 46.0.0.4 - + - + + + ucbcad 46.0.0.5 - + - + - + ucbernie 46.0.0.6 - + - + + + ucbmonet 46.0.0.7 - + - + - + ucbesvax 46.0.0.9 + + - + + + ucbvax 46.0.0.10 - + - + + + ucbkim 46.0.0.11 - + - + + + ucbcalder 46.0.0.12 - + - + - + ucbdali 46.0.0.13 - + - + - + ucbmatisse 46.0.0.14 - + - + - + ucbmedea 46.0.0.15 - + - + + + ucbingres 46.0.0.19 + + - + + + sac-vax 47.0.32.3 + + - - + - ndre1 48.3.1.41 - + - + - + nta-vax 50.0.0.8 + + - - + - cmu-cs-ius 128.2.254.128 + + - - + - cmu-cs-vlsi 128.2.254.129 - - - - - - cmu-cs-ps1 128.2.254.130 + + - - + - cmu-cs-zog 128.2.254.131 + + - - + - cmu-cs-g 128.2.254.132 + + - - + - cmu-cs-cad 128.2.254.133 + - - - - - cmu-cs-k 128.2.254.136 + + - - + - cmu-ri-fas 128.2.254.138 + + - - + - cmu-cs-spice 128.2.254.139 + + - - + - cmu-cs-gandalf 128.2.254.140 + - - - - - cmu-ri-leg 128.2.254.141 + + - - + - cmu-ri-isl1 128.2.254.143 - - - - - - cmu-cs-j 128.2.254.144 + + - - + - cmu-cs-speech 128.2.254.145 - - - - - - cmu-cs-ps2 128.2.254.146 + + - - + - cmu-cs-unh 128.2.254.150 + + - - + - cmu-ri-arm 128.2.254.151 + + - - + - cmu-ri-isl2 128.2.254.152 + + - - + - cmu-cs-cfs 128.2.254.153 + + - - + - cmu-cs-jk 128.2.254.154 + + - - + - cmu-cs-pt 128.2.254.155 Page 10

RFC 876 Claim Arpa ISI- VRFY RCPT Bad SMTP net Net Post Post jqkx Host name Address Notes ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- ------- ----- + + - - + - cmu-cs-h 128.2.254.156 + + - - + - cmu-ri-rover 128.2.254.157 + + - - + - dcn1 128.4.0.1 + - - - - - dcn2 128.4.0.2 + + - - + - dcn3 128.4.0.3 + - - - - - dcn4 128.4.0.4 + + - - + - dcn5 128.4.0.5 + + - - + - dcn6 128.4.0.6 + + - - + - dcn7 128.4.0.7 + + - - + - dcn8 128.4.0.8 b + - - - - - dcn9 128.4.0.9 + + - - + - ford1 128.5.0.1 + + - - + - ford2 128.5.0.2 + + - - + - ford3 128.5.0.3 + + - - + - ford4 128.5.0.4 + + - - + - ford-lab 128.5.0.8 + - - - - - ford-vax 128.5.0.9 + - - - - - ford-res 128.5.0.10 + + - - + - ford-ecc 128.5.0.11 + + - - + - ford-srl 128.5.0.12 + + - - + - ford-ers 128.5.0.13 + + - - + - ford-eed 128.5.0.14 b + + - - + - ford-foe 128.5.0.15 b + + - - - + ford-wdl1 128.5.32.1 + - - - - - ford-wdl2 128.5.32.2 + + - - + - ford-wdl3 128.5.32.3 + - - - - - ford-wdl4 128.5.32.4 + + - - - + ford-wdl5 128.5.32.5 - + - - - + ford-wdl6 128.5.32.6 + - - - - - dfvlr1 128.7.0.1 + - - - - - dfvlr2 128.7.0.2 + - - - - - dfvlr3 128.7.0.3 + - - - - - dfvlr7 128.7.0.7 + + - - + - umd1 128.8.0.1 + + - - + - umd2 128.8.0.2 + + - - + - umd3 128.8.0.3 + + - - + - cvl 128.8.0.4 + + - - + - umd5 128.8.0.5 + - - - - - umd6 128.8.0.6 + - - - - - umd7 128.8.0.7 + + - - + - umd-csd 128.8.0.8 + - - - - - umd9 128.8.0.9 + - - - - - umda 128.8.0.10 + - - - - - umdb 128.8.0.11 + - - - - - umdc 128.8.0.12 + - - - - - umdd 128.8.0.13 + - - - - - umde 128.8.0.14 + - - - - - umdf 128.8.0.15 - - - - - - isi-accutest 128.9.0.24 - - - - - - isi-elvira 128.9.0.41 Page 11

RFC 876 Claim Arpa ISI- VRFY RCPT Bad SMTP net Net Post Post jqkx Host name Address Notes ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- ------- ----- - - - - - - isi-hobgoblin 128.9.0.42 - - - - - - isi-moe 128.9.0.43 - - - - - - isi-troll 128.9.0.44 - - - - - - isi-curly 128.9.0.45 - - - - - - isi-shemp 128.9.0.46 - - - - - - isi-zombie 128.9.0.47 - - - - - - isi-xorn 128.9.0.48 - + - - - + isi-vlsia 128.9.0.49 - + + - - + isi-vlsib 128.9.0.50 - - - - - - isi-dawn 128.9.0.92 - - - - - - isi-rising 128.9.0.93 - - - - - - isi-spanky 128.9.0.112 - - - - - - isi-alfalfa 128.9.0.113 - - - - - - isi-darla 128.9.0.114 - - - - - - isi-buckwheat 128.9.0.115 - - - - - - isi-stymie 128.9.0.116 - - - - - - isi-farina 128.9.0.117 - - - - - - isi-pete 128.9.0.118 - - - - - - isi-froggie 128.9.0.119 - - - - - - isi-wab2 128.9.0.121 - - - - - - isi-randy 128.9.0.122 - - - - - - isi-rag2 128.9.0.123 + + - - + - csnet-purdue 128.10.0.2 + + - - - + bbn-cvax 128.11.0.2 + + - - - + bbnv1 128.11.64.1 - - - - - - ucl-lsih 128.16.1.67 - - - - - - ucl-lsil 128.16.1.106 - - - - - - ucl-lsim 128.16.1.110 - - - - - - ucl-lsii 128.16.1.112 - - - - - - ucl-lsij 128.16.1.113 - - - - - - ucl-lsik 128.16.1.115 - - - - - - ucl-terminal-gateway 128.16.3.2 - - - - - - ucl-sam 128.16.9.0 - - - - - - ucl-probe 128.16.9.1 - + - - + + ucl-tg 128.16.9.2 + - - - - - ucl-cs 128.16.9.3 - - - - - - ucl-niftp 128.16.9.4 + - - - - - edn-host1 128.19.1.1 + - - - - - brl-hep 128.20.1.2 + + - - + + amsaa 128.20.3.1 + + - - + + brl-voc 128.20.3.2 + + - - + + hel-ace 128.20.3.4 + + - + + + sri-spam 128.21.32.2 - + - - + - wisc-rsch 192.5.2.1 - + - - + - wisc-db 192.5.2.2 - + - - + - wisc-crys 192.5.2.7 + + - - - + cit-750 192.5.7.3 + + - - + - uw-beaver 192.5.8.1 + + - - + - uw-lumpy 192.5.8.2 b + + - - + - uw-wally 192.5.8.3 Page 12

RFC 876 Claim Arpa ISI- VRFY RCPT Bad SMTP net Net Post Post jqkx Host name Address Notes ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- ------- ----- + + - - + - uw-june 192.5.8.4 + + - - + - uw-eddie 192.5.8.6 + + - + + + utah-gr 192.5.12.22 + + - + + + utah-sp 192.5.12.23 + - - - - - nyu-cmcl1 192.5.15.5 + - - - - - nyu-acf2 192.5.15.9 + + - - + + brl-bmd 192.5.21.1 + + - - + + brl-vld 192.5.21.2 - - - - - - brl-svg 192.5.21.3 + - - - - - brl-tgr 192.5.21.4 + + - - + + brl-vgr 192.5.21.6 + - - - - - cornell-pvax 192.5.36.4 Notes ----- a) "VRFY postmaster" gave an unknown user reply; all other negative replies were because VRFY was not implemented. b) No connection could be opened to this host during the test of mailing to nonexistent users Page 13

Survey of SMTP implementations RFC TOTAL SIZE: 37775 bytes PUBLICATION DATE: Wednesday, September 23rd, 1992 LEGAL RIGHTS: The IETF Trust (see BCP 78)


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