On 7/26/02 9:17 AM, Chris wrote: > This is off topic, but there are some smart mail RFC people on this list, > so I figured I would ask here. > > Is there a SMTP command, similar to NOOP that the server can issue to an > email client to let it know it is still there, but busy, so don't timeout.
I don't think there is. > I know a client can tell a server "NOOP" to let it know "No Operation - > I'm busy, hang tight, don't disconnect me". But I need to send such a > command the other way to let the client know the server is busy. Right, the STMP interaction is all coming from the client. The server has no way to talk back. Maybe you can try to return a series of: 250-Waiting<crlf> 250-Waiting<crlf> to keep the client from timeout? -- > I am writing a pseduo SMTP server for collecting data from an email > client, but the server needs to do some thinking about the data as it > gets it. My problem is, that thinking is causing some email clients in > testing to timeout waiting for a response. So I was hoping there was > something I could send back down the line from the server end to tell the > client to wait. > > I scanned thru the SMTP RFC's, and I didn't see anything. I figured I > would ask some of the smart RFC people here in case I missed something. > > TIA, and sorry for going off topic (hey, at least I kept it to email > related questions) > > -chris > <http://www.mythtech.net> > > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
