Author: John Robinson Date: To: W B Hacker CC: exim users Subject: Re: [exim] RSET command
On 07/11/2006 02:42, W B Hacker wrote: > Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
>> At 2006-11-07 09:52:07 +0800, wbh@??? wrote:
>>> The intent is to determine experimentally, the 'real', not
>>> theoretical, response of a submitting client [1], if/as/when the
>>> server with which it has estabished a connection were to issue a
>>> 'RSET'. More accurately, an unexpected RSET.
>> A server can't issue RSET, so your question is meaningless.
>
> A 'server' - or client - can do whatever it is programmed to do.
Yes, but an SMTP sender ("client") issues commands like RSET, and an
SMTP receiver ("server") issues responses which begin with status codes,
so your server cannot issue RSET, or at least not without totally
disregarding the SMTP RFCs, rendering your question meaningless.
