[SA-exim] Re: User-based white- and blacklists

[Marc MERLIN]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 08:51:15PM +0100, Tom Kistner wrote:
> From what I have seen so far on my 2 systems, there doesn't seem to be 
> a problem. A "proper" MTA should handle this situation well, because I 
> could also think of "legit" 4xx reponses ("Mailbox over quota", 
> "partition full", or similar).
 
Good point.
 
> >I'm a bit afraid that some broken MTAs may just see a 45x, and issue
> >a quit instead of data for the ones that were accepted.
> 
> I can confirm that _MUAs_ can't handle this. So you must make sure to 
> skip the procedure for typical MUA delivery paths (ASMTP, Allowed Relay 
> Networks).

Right, that makes sense.

> It's the best you can get if you want both SMTP time rejection and 
> per-user settings. I can assure it can't get any better, unless we 
> change the fundamentals of SMTP :)
 
Agreed.
 
> I hope I can post to the sa-exim list, since I'm not subscribed ... :)

Yep, I took care of it.

Thanks for your answer.
Marc
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