On Monday 02 April 2007 12:27, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Magnus Holmgren wrote:
> > Even if it's not a bug in Exim, I think it's something that could be
> > improved. Exim should be able to check if the sender has gone away before
> > sending the final OK. Not in all cases, but at least in the case
> > described.
>
> We've been here before. If you can find a way to tell that the sender
> has gone away without trying to read from the input file descriptor, it
> would also solve the problem of "delay" hanging around when the other
> end has disappeared. We had a discussion about this about a year ago (?)
> and concluded that it was not possible.
Non-blocking read? Some other system call? I mean, the OS sits on the
information; if we can't access it it must be a design bug in the OS.
Frustrating.
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Magnus Holmgren holmgren@???
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"Exim is better at being younger, whereas sendmail is better for
Scrabble (50 point bonus for clearing your rack)" -- Dave Evans
