[ale] Problem with Earthlink's mail server

[Christopher Fowler]

They are dropping the connection

On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 00:45, James Baldwin wrote:
> On 23 Mar 2005, at 20:30, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> 
> > MY mail relay is having a serious problem with Earthlink's mail server.
> > In the old days a remote mail server would accept a file larger than
> > allowed and then send a bounceback to the sender.
> 
> I would like to think that terminating with a proper reply code rather 
> than sending a bounce back is better way of doing things than "the old 
> days". It conserves resources.
> 
> > Earthlink does not do
> > that.  It terminates the connection.  This causes sendmail to think
> > there is a problem and then reties constantly.
> 
> Are they terminating with a 4yz? 5yz? Or just dropping the connection?
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> James Baldwin
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