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

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Autor: Dr Andrew C Aitchison
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To: Exim Users Mailing List
CC: Suresh Ramasubramanian, Alexander Sabourenkov
Betreff: Re: 5xx during / after DATA [was Re: [Exim] bouncing viruses]
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Greg A. Woods wrote:

> [ On Tuesday, February 18, 2003 at 23:10:16 (+0530), Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: ]
> > I guess we can wait till after CRLF.CRLF before issuing the 5xx.
>
> No, not "can" -- you absolutely "MUST" wait for the end-of-DATA before
> sending any response code (especially if you hope for it to have any
> effect, let alone the desired effect).


I have to apologise to Greg.
He does sometimes say things that I agree with.

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Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison        Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
A.C.Aitchison@???    http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna