Author: John Hall Date: To: exim-users Subject: [exim] Re: DENY vs. DROP
"Tim Jackson" <lists@???> wrote in message
news:E1CcM4Y-0007eG-MM@???...
> If used (even in error) on "real" messages, "drop" will probably cause
> *more* resource usage for both you and the sending end, and additionally
> quite possibly cause problems that are difficult to diagnose - you will
> not endear yourself to other administrators.
Indeed - I've come across mailservers (not running exim) that for large
messages would drop the connection once the body reached their limit. Which
is pretty rubbish, since your mailserver just sits there retrying sending
this huge message.
