Re: [exim] Incoming duplicates

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Author: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Incoming duplicates
Chris Blaise wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: exim-users-bounces@???
>> [mailto:exim-users-bounces@exim.org] On Behalf Of Christian Balzer
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 2:03 AM
>> To: exim-users@???
>> Subject: Re: [exim] Incoming duplicates
>>
>>
>> I can confirm this MSN behavior, one recipient here was at
>> the end of some 8.8MB mail which must have been a
>> specifically crafted mime/mail bomb.
>> It took SA 160s (98s w/o Bayes) to handle it, while usually
>> mails in this size range take less than 5 seconds (including
>> all DNS/DCC/Razor checks).
>> Note the 98s up there, which means that they're not even
>> waiting 2 minutes.
>
>     In my case, the messages are only about 5kB each!  

>
>     I can confirm (based on Tony's recommendation to enable more logging
> options) that the remote server is indeed dropping the connection.


Does this imply that Exim+SA isn't doing a proper handshake around
the SMTP-dot-after-DATA? Or that MSN isn't?
Why does Exim think it has accepted the message, when MSN does not?

- Jeremy