Re: [exim] Misleading error message for early QUIT

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Florian Weimer
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Misleading error message for early QUIT
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Florian Weimer wrote:

> * Philip Hazel:
>
> >> This message is misleading because it is often triggered by a timeout
> >> on the client side.
> >
> > Eh? What exactly do you mean? Do you mean that the client tries to
> > connect, fails to receive the greeting in a certain time, and then sends
> > QUIT? I think that is broken behaviour.
>
> *ahem* Apparently, Exim does it, at least during callout verification.


I guess I have to stand by what I said. Exim is broken! This won't be
the first time that I have broken it. Nor the first time I've mended it,
either. :-)

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