Re: 5xx during / after DATA [was Re: [Exim] bouncing viruses…

Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:

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> So, we look for spam strings (spamware signature) in the headers, 5xx the
> mail and drop the connection.
>

5xx/drop when? After CRLF.CRLF or midway through?

My opinion is that the latter in the best case has no effect on number of retries by the client,
and in the worst case provokes them.


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