At 14:25 +0100 2003/05/13, Philip Hazel wrote: >On Tue, 13 May 2003, Giuliano Gavazzi wrote:
>
>> it would be useful to be able to tell if a server accepts a random
>> callout, that is to tell if a callout is reliable or not.
>
>I do not believe that you can. The existing "random" test is not
>reliable. It gives you a good idea that the server accepts all
>addresses without checking, but it is not 100%.
so it would really make more sense if one could ignore the results in
this case, and give the binary nature of exim conditions, only
allowing for a strict mode would allow this distinction (as in my
example).
[...] >
>So you are never entirely sure either way. I do not think it is sensible
>to try to build much more into callouts.
>
I agree, and indeed I am using them only indirectly.
