Hi Francesco, > Viktor, I DID try to just raise timeouts and I did some more tests. > > My MTA is exim and it is very "strict" on the protocol. > > Try to issue this command: > telnet <mailserver> 25 > and you will get a > "220 message" > and ONLY IN THIS MOMENT you can issue commands ! > > Exim doesn't accept any command before the 220 is sent ! In the past, > a lot of spam software did send the HELO without waiting for the 220 > banner and exim killed them.... > > Gmail accepts the message without the patch and probably the same will > happen with other MTAs.... > > > I want to say that in a particular case (external antivirus + backend > MTA) I have > "220-message 1" > "220 message 2" > and if the backend is down I get a > "5xx error message"
Thanks for the explanation, you're right. Before reading through your msg I've also checked RFC821 (http://james.apache.org/server/rfclist/smtp/rfc0821.txt) and it also says what you say in chapter 4.3. I'll make some tests as soon as Win7 reboots itself correctly (2nd attempt) after BSOD-ing on my test build. I did a quick test with gmail and it's okay, plus finally the protocol conversation makes some sense. Thanks for your report, this has been a bug ever since hbtip existed. Brgds, Viktor _______________________________________________ Harbour mailing list (attachment size limit: 40KB) Harbour@harbour-project.org http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour
