On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 12:47:30PM -0700, Mike Bethune wrote:
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> Does anyone know if it's specified in some rfc that the remote server
> should support this?
Yes, it's been specified since the dawn of time (well, around 1980 anyway) in
both RFC821 and RFC2821 that not only must multiple RCPT TO: commands be
allowed in a single mail transaction, but also that RSET should completely
reset the server's state, as if the connection was fresh (there is a bit of
an ambiguity over whether you should send another HELO/EHLO after a RSET).
> What I found with one particular server is that after completing the first
> message, if I still had the connection open and tried sending another
> MAIL, it would disconnect me. I tried the same sequence with other mail
You're not strictly allowed to do some transaction which goes
MAIL FROM:<...>
RCPT TO:<....>
DATA
.
MAIL FROM:<....>
without a RSET after the final '.'. However disconnecting rather than
giving error messages is broken behaviour on the remote MTA, and is used
on at least one "anti-spam" system I've seen.
> servers and they work, which is no surprise since I have been running
Right.
MBM
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