meggers@orion.oac.uci.edu (mark eggers) (11/17/89)
Folks, I have an annoying mail compatibility problem. I am running a Macintosh set up to do SMTP-QuickMail bridging. For the most part, things work well. I can send and receive mail from the Internet (even uses MX records). The problem appears when the Macintosh software has to receive more than one mail message from the same host. An example sequence follows: S: helo remote-host R: 250 S: mail from:<remote-person> R: 250 S: rcpt to:<local-person> R: 250 S: data R: 354 S: blah, blah, blah S: . R: 250 S: mail from:<remote-person> R: 500 S: RSET and die. The Macintosh software is expecting a helo - quit pair for each mail message (I guess). The mail log on the Macintosh complains about missing a QUIT. The mail eventually gets delivered, but for some hosts and mail systems (not mentioned to protect the guilty), this behavior can block the remote mail channel. Needless to say, the remote host operators are not real pleased. I noticed that in RFC 821 multiple messages should be deliverable with one TCP connection (Appendix F, Scenario 10, Too Many Recipients Scenario). This mode seems efficient - so is the Macintosh software brain-dead in this instance, or the remote host for doing this (or most likely, the Macintsoh, but the remote host should not care). Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. Mark Eggers, Network Communications Analyst, UCI phone: (714) 856-6845 /mde/
mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin) (11/20/89)
In article <3674@orion.cf.uci.edu> meggers@orion.oac.uci.edu (mark eggers) writes: >Folks, > I have an annoying mail compatibility problem. I am running a Macintosh >set up to do SMTP-QuickMail bridging. > > The Macintosh software is expecting a helo - quit pair for each >mail message (I guess). The mail log on the Macintosh complains about >missing a QUIT. > > is the Macintosh software >brain-dead in this instance In a single word, yes. Is it Microsoft that is hawking this bogus SMTP server? Mark Crispin / 6158 Lariat Loop NE / Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-2098 mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU -- MRC@PANDA.PANDA.COM -- (206) 842-2385 Atheist & Proud -- R90/6 pilot -- Lum-chan ga suki ja!!! tabesaserarenakerebanaranakattarashii...kisha no kisha ga kisha de kisha-shita sumomo mo momo, momo mo momo, momo ni mo iroiro aru uraniwa ni wa niwa, niwa ni wa niwa niwatori ga iru