[exim] Re: delay not kicking in

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Author: Jeremy Harris
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To: exim-users
Subject: [exim] Re: delay not kicking in
On 03/06/2023 17:48, Julian Bradfield via Exim-users wrote:
> Having switched on acl debugging at the 70th denied RCPT, what I see
> in the logs is:
>
>
> check delay = 5s
> delay modifier requests 5-second delay
> delay cancelled by peer close
>
> As far as I can see, this only makes any sense if the attacker has
> closed its input stream (exim's output stream) - but then shouldn't
> exim get an error when it sends the response?


Yes. But you didn't show us that bit.

> And why would the
> attacker close its input stream so it can't see the response?


Because it doesn't really care? It can just pipeline all the
RCPT TO: lines, fire-and-forget.
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Cheers,
Jeremy


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