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

At 07:42 PM 2/18/2003 +0300, Alexander Sabourenkov wrote:
>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.

I guess we can wait till after CRLF.CRLF before issuing the 5xx.

IMHO though, several servers (esp older / unpatched versions of M$ mtas) go
into "endless retry mode" if they receive a 5xx anywhere other than just
after RCPT TO:

         srs