Re: RFC incompliance in qmail-remote

[D. J. Bernstein]

Peter van Dijk writes:
> qmail-remote immediately disconnects after sending QUIT. This is in
> violation with RFC821 section 4.1.1

No, it is not in violation of RFC 821.

RFC 821 _recommends_ that the client send QUIT and wait for the reply
before closing the connection; but there are cases where sending QUIT is
impossible, and there are good reasons to avoid waiting for the reply.

---Dan