Re: [exim] Bug in sender verify callouts?

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Author: Avleen Vig
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Bug in sender verify callouts?
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 08:40:00PM +0100, Tony Finch wrote:
> > This dialog shows the conversations between "Sender" and "2ndMX", and
> > the callout from "2ndMX" to "1stMX" in the middle. The bizarrest thing
> > seems to be, when the "2ndMX" is supposed to do the called, all it is
> > doing is connecting to the "1stMX" and sending QUIT:
>
> See the ChangeLog for 4.50:
>
> 72. After a timeout in a callout SMTP session, Exim still sent a QUIT command.
>     This is wrong and can cause the other end to generate a synchronization
>     error if it is another Exim or anything else that does the synchronization
>     check. A QUIT command is no longer sent after a timeout.


Fantastic Tony,

This seems to be the exact problem.