Re: [vchkpw] Why not disconnect after rejection/limit ?

2006-03-03 Thread Jorge Valdes
Jeremy Kister wrote: On 3/3/2006 10:28 AM, Michael Krieger wrote: An SMTP server MUST NOT intentionally close the connection except: - After receiving a QUIT command and responding with a 221 reply. - After detecting the need to shut down the SMTP service and returning a 421 response

Re: [vchkpw] Why not disconnect after rejection/limit ?

2006-03-03 Thread Jeremy Kister
On 3/3/2006 10:28 AM, Michael Krieger wrote: An SMTP server MUST NOT intentionally close the connection except: - After receiving a QUIT command and responding with a 221 reply. - After detecting the need to shut down the SMTP service and returning a 421 response code. This response co

Re: [vchkpw] Why not disconnect after rejection/limit ?

2006-03-03 Thread Michael Krieger
Yes.  RFC 2821 ( http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2821.html ) states as follows (note the words 'MUST NOT')3.9 Terminating Sessions and Connections An SMTP connection is terminated when the client sends a QUIT command. The server responds with a positive reply code, after which it closes the c

[vchkpw] qmailadmin 1.2.10 vpopmail 5.4.15 segfaults on forwards page

2006-03-03 Thread Michael Krieger
I've spent the past few days working on this problem for a good 8 hours a day, so figure I'll send it back to the list for some insight.This is using no valias code, so it should be using vpalias.c.  I'm using standard qmail aliases.I'm getting qmailadmin segfaulting when handling forwards

[vchkpw] Why not disconnect after rejection/limit ?

2006-03-03 Thread Ibiltari
Hi, I'm trying to fine tune my mail system, and looking at how qmail-smtpd/vchkpw handle rejected mail i started thinking; why qmail-smtp doesn't disconnect after the intrusion threshold? it keeps rejecting messages (from the spammer normally) and eating cpu and band whit. Perhaps there is a good r