On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Joe Bo wrote: > hi there! > i've got a problem with xmail quitting the smtp connection without an error code > when certain extended ascii characters are used within mail from or rcpt to commands > (e.g. alt-222) > Problem is that xmail is receiving from another relay that does accept these > messages. When it tries to relay those to xmail, xmail just quits the connection > without an eror code. > > e:\>nc 192.168.1.1 25 > 220 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [XMail 1.20 ESMTP Server] service ready; Thu, > 1 Jul 2004 12:22:56 +0200 > helo mail > 250 test.test > mail from:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CONNECTION DROPPED FROM XMAIL! > e:\> > > The other relay runs into spool problems since it assumes something is wrong on thhe > xmail server (temp delivery errors). > > anyone know how to fix it so that xmail gives out an permanent error 5xx on such a > mail delivery atempt instead of just droping the connection?
Where the RFC says that alt-222 is a valid character in the message headers? When you receive this stuff, it's extermely likely that someone is trying some kiddo exploits, and this is why the connection is brutally interrupted. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
