On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> Note that, as of exim-4.12, NOOP is recognized as a non-mail command
> with respect to the maximum number of non-mail commands allowed in an
> SMTP session.
>
> I don't think this makes sense. Software I wrote uses NOOP as a
> keep-alive when talking to Exim.
But... as the manager of a server open to the public, I do not want
people to open SMTP connections to my host and keep them alive for days
and days just for the hell of it.
Maybe the number has to be expandable so that it can be varied per host.
Sigh. I ought to know by now...
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