On 23:33 29.05.2000, Rodrigo Severo could be heard musing
>I was just taking a look at RFC 1870. Just at the end section: "7.
>Minimal usage" I found:
>
>"A minimal server (...) must accept the
> extended MAIL command and return a 552 reply code if the client's
> declared size exceeds its fixed size limit (if any), but it need not
> detect "temporary" limitations on message size."
>
>Won�t we need this extra feature do use the SIZE extention properly?
>
>I am asking this AFTER I put Will Harris patch to work... Bad timing,
>uh?
>
>Anyway my smtp server has it and the gretting part seems to be working
>just fine.
>
>
Well, to be strict I guess so... but that requires a bigger patch ;-)
The thing is, *I* think an MTA should check the response it receives to an
EHLO command, and check the SIZE parameter internally before deciding
whether to send a message or not (assuming it implements SIZE
limitations). Unfortunately, I don't think many MTAs do (sendmail
doesn't)...
It's a half-measure patch I guess, but it perhaps does the job
sometimes. I'll look at how much work the other bit of the RFC requires.
regards,
Will
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