On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Tracy wrote: > At 09:50 6/2/2004, you wrote: > >Doing this in online SMTP is impossible. The step that goes from the SMTP > >session to the message delivery is definitely not atomic. It'd be possible > >to reject the message at mailbox delivery time, by sending a notification > >message to the sender. Considering everything, I think this is going to > >stay as is. > > Would it not be possible to reject at the post-data filter stage? Since the > message is, essentially, complete at that point, a post-data filter could > check the size of the message - although checking the available space in > the mailbox might be a bit more problematical....
Two problems. First, you don't know if the message is gonna hit the mailbox (think about mailproc). Second, at that stage you'd be forced to reject the message, and not only the recipient. - 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]
