On Mon, 15 Sep 2008, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
>
> Whilst you're certainly probably right with your assertion here, nothing
> in RFC2821 seems to mandate the client hanging round to issue a QUIT
> after a message has been accepted by the server.
>
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt
4.1.1.10 QUIT (QUIT)
This command specifies that the receiver MUST send an OK reply, and
then close the transmission channel.
The receiver MUST NOT intentionally close the transmission channel
until it receives and replies to a QUIT command (even if there was an
error). The sender MUST NOT intentionally close the transmission
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
channel until it sends a QUIT command and SHOULD wait until it
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
receives the reply
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