Sam Varshavchik wrote at 6:09 PM (-0400) on 6/28/05: >If Courier would do that, there's a far greater possibility that a broken >SMTP client would interpret a rude socket teardown of this kind as a >temporary error, which calls for an immediate retry.
Fair point. >Try blacklisting their return address with badfrom in bofh. This will >result in their MAIL FROM getting an error back, which should hopefully >share Outlook loose out of its stupor. Okay, done. Thanks. Unfortunately, Outlook seems to blissfully disregard the rejection there nonetheless. I now see repeated (every minute or so) attempts, and removing it causes the flood to resume. Well, at least this has stopped the flow for now, and should provide them some impetus to fix their computer since they are now effectively unable to send e-mail until they make me happy again. -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
