I also would appreciate a scripting hook on SMTP level. This would open =
up
alot of exciting possibilities.
E.g. limiting the number of connections by sending 'Too busy, try =
later',
eventually message size checking etc.

--Harald


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> Altair Valasek
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. August 2003 15:10
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> Betreff: [xmail] Re: How to reject message in SMTP transaction
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> |Yes would be great function, if you think of Sobig and that=3D20
> |'virus detected' messages.
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> Yes, I am. Being spammed by them, I am writing new version of my FLAVS
> filter. I cannot silently discard messages (because I am not=20
> sure if its
> virus or not, I am checking only content-type and file names), but I =
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> want to
> cause as less problems as possible.
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> | And i think the SMTP protcol allows it that the=3D20
> |server says 'no'
> |to the mail after the data command and the '.' - am i right?
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> Yes, you are - this is the place where SMTP server should=20
> handle things =3D
> like
> "message too big" or "mailbox full". The main problem is that=20
> you must =3D
> keep
> open TCP connection, while filter(s) are executing, which may - for
> long-time running filters and systems under heavy load -=20
> cause problems. =3D
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> I think that it should be a option.
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> Now we can see, that antivirus and such systems can cause the same, =
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> maybe
> even bigger problems as the virus itself: it's easy to handle=20
> viruses, =3D
> not
> thousands of technicaly legitimate NDR's they cause. So I am=20
> trying to =3D
> write
> and configure everything in my jurisdiction to behave well=20
> and not cause
> unnecessary problems and load.
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