Victor Duchovni:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:59:41AM +0100, klondike wrote:
> 
> > According to section 4.2.4 on the RFC 282, the SMTP server should return
> > 502 only when a command is recognised but not implemented, and 500 if it
> > isn't recognised.
> 
> This is not a bug, but it is admittedly an unecessary deviation from
> SHOULD normative language in the RFC when the client is in flagrant
> violation by sending garbage.

Moreover, Postfix was written before RFC2821. Declaring error
replies buggy after the rules change is not useful.

        Wietse

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