That's the point! Furthermore a scripter could implement bandwidth throttling by counting incoming SMTP connections during a certain timeframe. Exceeding connections could get a 'try again later' result code. Such hooks would make things flexible to the max.
--Harald > But online AV filtering might be nice. If an AV filter could > trigger a 552 fatal after receiving DATA, that message would > surely go to the 'real' sender and avoid the bandwidth waste > - and stupidity - of sending virus warning notifications > around the world. The same kind of reason for issuing a "5xx > mailbox unavailable" during SMTP rather than accepting > everything and sending user unknown notifications. - 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]
