Re: [Exim] Re: Malformed SMTP response

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Author: hoh
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Re: Malformed SMTP response
On 5 Dec, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:

> This blank line that you've quoted (and I assume it isn't a mistake)


No it is there and it certainly is a serious error in nameplanets MTA.

>> 553 listed as badmail


> Up to them. The error messages are for human consumption only, the MTA
> should only act on the error code given.


The "listed as badmail" is, IMHO, not a very good error message for
human consumption.

> No, it's a serious bug in the remote end, see my other explanation of
> this, and the idea that you should still hit the remote admin over the
> head with a large paper copy of RFC2821 and RFC2822.


I will try to get a mail to them some other way.

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Göran Larsson     hoh AT mitt-eget DOT com