SOURCES: exim.aliases - added abuse

[Radoslaw Zielinski]

Jacek Konieczny <jajcus at bnet.pl> [04-02-2005 15:20]:
> On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 03:04:57PM +0100, Adam Nowotny wrote:
>>>>> ---- Log message:
>>>>> - added abuse
>>>>> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>>>>>  ftpmaster: hostmaster
>>>>>  admin:  hostmaster
>>>>>  administrator: hostmaster
>>>>> +abuse:  hostmaster
>>>> postmaster is more appropriate for abuse (IMO)
>>> or maybe not? abuse@ isn't used only for mail servers now. But...
>>>> AFAIK hostmaster is used for DNS-related purposes.

RFC 2142 states:

  MAILBOX        SERVICE             SPECIFICATIONS
  -----------    ----------------    ---------------------------
  POSTMASTER     SMTP                [RFC821], [RFC822]
  HOSTMASTER     DNS                 [RFC1033-RFC1035]
  USENET         NNTP                [RFC977]
  NEWS           NNTP                Synonym for USENET
  WEBMASTER      HTTP                [RFC 2068]
  WWW            HTTP                Synonym for WEBMASTER
  UUCP           UUCP                [RFC976]
  FTP            FTP                 [RFC959]

>> reverted
> But abuse adress IS required!!! I guess the discussion was about where
> it should point.

IMHO: root or hostmaster (the latter one for coherence with other
non-DNS related mailboxes).

-- 
Radosław Zieliński <radek at karnet.pl>
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