Chris Blaise wrote: > >> Note that the SMTP standard requires clients to wait at least >> 10 minutes for the post-DATA response. If Outlook only waits >> 1 minute then it is not compliant with the specification. >> What a surprise! > Well, no. RFC 2821 says SHOULD in this matter, not MUST.
and RFC 2112 says: 3. SHOULD This word, or the adjective "RECOMMENDED", mean that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore a particular item, but the full implications must be understood and carefully weighed before choosing a different course. The "valid reason" in this case is probably "we're too lazy to read RFCs, but why should we care, we are big enough to make our own standards". > I'm not saying I like it, but it's the reality I have to deal > with... Sure, we all do. As somebody else proposed, you should try to decrease to scan time. 1 min is rather long for sending mail from a MUA, people might get annoyed by it. I didn't look at the Exim code, but I guess it's not that easy to change this in Exim, as it would comprise changing a synchronous behaviour to an asynchronous. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
