Andrew Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The SMTP service may issue a QUIT, and immediately try again,
> resulting in a potential loop."
>
> The actual qmail-smtpd error message re bare LFs is
>
> 451 See http://pobox.com/~djb/docs/smtplf.html
>
> which would trigger the above fault if Microsoft's software does
> indeed send bare LFs - contributors suggest it does.
[...]
> Anyway, part of my reason for posting was to speculate on why
> a mailserver might get a flood of SMTP connections.
Now, I'm testing qmails behaviour under these conditions,
'cause I need to relay a quite reasonable amount of mail
through it a few times a week. This is no spam, though.
> The above bare LF issue is obviously one, as are
> smtpstone and a DoS. In my case, fixing the bare LF
> problem fixed the many-procs problem, by fixing the
> thing that was triggering it, but there may still be
> something that is 'broken' in Solaris 2.7. If I'm
> feeling brave, and happen to be working with that system
> again, I'll try smtpstone-ing it...
That'd be great. Because I can't imagine, why the
'bare-LFs' thing should only affect qmails on Solaris 7 -
and why it should trigger this undeterministic. If bare
LFs would be the reason, it should trigger on the first
mail, right?
By
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