[Mimedefang] Problem solved?
Les Mikesell
les at futuresource.com
Thu Feb 15 13:28:41 EST 2007
Ben Kamen wrote:
>> Client SMTP implementations that employ pipelining MUST check ALL
>> statuses associated with each command in a group. For example, if
>> none of the RCPT TO recipient addresses were accepted the client must
>> then check the response to the DATA command -- the client cannot
>> assume that the DATA command will be rejected just because none of
>> the RCPT TO commands worked.
>
> So if I understand this right,
>
> Their server might be cruising along, but it's not waiting long enough
> for the response to continue.
That's a matter of perspective... It is just as valid to say the
response didn't happen soon enough.
> Nice. So in PIPELINING mode, they are just
> sloppy... if they aren't really using pipelining, they are RFC2821
> non-compliant.
Whether they use PIPELINING or not has to depend on your EHLO response.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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