On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 03:14:16PM +0200, I. Forbes wrote:
> > mail from: spammer@???
> > which generates the error:
> > 550 rejected: administrative prohibition
>
> I'd claim this is the wrong error.
> I feel that should be generating a
> <<< 501 MAIL syntax incorrect.
I don't know about other MTAs, but Smail accepted that form (at the time
I started writing Exim), which is why Exim accepts it.
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