Re: [exim] using readsocket question

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Author: Dave Lugo
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] using readsocket question
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Tony Finch wrote:
> > "...The end of the body of the mail message is signaled by the
> > MTA half-closing the connection..."
> >
> > Is that the same behavior that's described thusly in spec.txt?
>
> No, Exim assumes that the request string is self-delimiting so that the
> other end of the socket can tell when it has finished.
>



Thanks - confirmation of the problem is what I needed. I'll
check with the developer, to see if there's anyway to change
dccifd's behavior in this case.

Any (easy) hack to readsocket to force the half-close? I'm using
it in just one place in my config.


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