Re: patch for 4xx reconnect problem

[Chris Johnson]

On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 08:43:12AM -0700, Greg White wrote:
> I, personally, favour the idea that a 5xx permanent failure with a nasty note
> should get sent, rather than 4xx.

I've made that argument before. That particular message, bursting as it is with
bare linefeeds, will never, ever be accepted by qmail-smtpd. So why send a
temporary error message, suggesting to the sender that he might have better
luck if he submits the exact same message later?

Chris

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