Dan_Mitton@??? wrote:
> But doesn't a 'drop' also close the connection? You will never get t the
> RCPT.
Please do not top post.
Yes, a drop does close the connection, which was the point of doing so.
Spamware gives up, some servers will, others will only accept the 5xx code
at rcpt time. There are some servers that ignore error codes if the
connection was dropped for any reason.
Obviously, there will be no RCPT time when this occurs.
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> Subject: Re: [exim] A riddle: What HELO/EHLO does remote host send?
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> Alexander Shikoff wrote:
> > Thanks a lot! I've understood: some spammers ignore 550 code at HELO
> stage.
> > I've made additional check in RCPT ACL.
>
> You could enforce the use of helo at mail time. Do your deny at helo
> time,
> then deny at mail time if helo is blank.
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