>Quoting RFC821:
>
> One important reply is the connection greeting. Normally, a
> receiver will send a 220 "Service ready" reply when the connection
> is completed. The sender should wait for this greeting message
> before sending any commands.
>
> The table below lists alternative success and failure replies for
> each command. These must be strictly adhered to; a receiver may
> substitute text in the replies, but the meaning and action implied
> by the code numbers and by the specific command reply sequence
> cannot be altered.
>
>A host that persistently refuses to run the SMTP protocol on the SMTP
>port cannot be said to be running SMTP.
Since qmail never receives said greeting, and can therefore assume
the remote host is not running SMTP, it seems obvious to me that it
should move on to the next MX record in the list.
Jon
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