This one time, at band camp, Andreas Metzler said:
> Hello,
> This is <http://bugs.debian.org/261511>, there is nothing I can add
> except for the fact that Ron has point, verifying foo@???
> with callouts (exim -bhc) will indeed take a eternity, much longer
> than is sane. - This is not fetchmail specific.
> cu andreas
And the best part is:
>>> Connecting to bounce.newsabuse.net [69.150.222.5]:25 ... connected
>>> SMTP<< 220 ******2***************************************0******200**0*****2***0*00
>>> SMTP>> HELO mail.lobefin.net
>>> SMTP<< 250 server2.emailacct.com Hello mail.lobefin.net [216.158.52.98], pleased to meet you.
>>> SMTP>> MAIL FROM:<>
>>> SMTP<< 250 2.1.0 <>... Sender ok
>>> SMTP>> RCPT TO:<foo@???>
>>> SMTP<< 250 2.1.5 <foo@???>... User unknown
>>> SMTP>> QUIT
a 250 for user unknown?
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