Re: [vchkpw] Why not disconnect after rejection/limit ?

2006-03-04 Thread Michael Krieger
Jeremy Kister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/3/2006 10:28 AM, Michael Krieger wrote:>An SMTP server MUST NOT intentionally close the connection except:>- After receiving a QUIT command and responding with a 221 reply.> - After detecting the need to shut down the SMTP service and returnin

Re: [vchkpw] Why not disconnect after rejection/limit ?

2006-03-03 Thread Jorge Valdes
Jeremy Kister wrote: On 3/3/2006 10:28 AM, Michael Krieger wrote: An SMTP server MUST NOT intentionally close the connection except: - After receiving a QUIT command and responding with a 221 reply. - After detecting the need to shut down the SMTP service and returning a 421 response

Re: [vchkpw] Why not disconnect after rejection/limit ?

2006-03-03 Thread Jeremy Kister
On 3/3/2006 10:28 AM, Michael Krieger wrote: An SMTP server MUST NOT intentionally close the connection except: - After receiving a QUIT command and responding with a 221 reply. - After detecting the need to shut down the SMTP service and returning a 421 response code. This response co

Re: [vchkpw] Why not disconnect after rejection/limit ?

2006-03-03 Thread Michael Krieger
Yes.  RFC 2821 ( http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2821.html ) states as follows (note the words 'MUST NOT')3.9 Terminating Sessions and Connections An SMTP connection is terminated when the client sends a QUIT command. The server responds with a positive reply code, after which it closes the c