On Fri, February 3, 2006 1:49 pm, Dave Platt wrote:
> That trick doesn't seem to work for an smtpfilter, however.  If one
> tries to echo a 4xx temporary-failure code in an smtpfilter, Courier
> prefaces the whole string (including the 4xx) with a 558 code, making the
> error permanent rather than temporary.
>
> I'm not sure why this distinction exists in the code.  It'd be nice
> to allow an smtpfilter to return a temporary error, too.

I believe it's because that's what the SMTP RFCs require.  Once the
receiving server sends the OK send data acknowledgement it can't return a
4xx temp error.  It must either reject the message or accept it for
delivery.  Yeah, it sucks but that's the way it is...

Jay Lee
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Jay Lee
Network / Systems Administrator
Information Technology Dept.
Philadelphia Biblical University
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