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RE: disconnect on rejected client connection

From: Joshua Goodall (joshua_goodallpacific.net.au)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2006 - 02:08:06 CDT


Half Hildebrandt:
> > What say we to a smtpd_disconnect_rejected_client = yes option that
> > dumps the disgraceful offender ungracefully after their welcoming
554
> > banner? I am trialling this now on some of our mail input servers
> > (yes it also requires smtpd_delay_reject = no)
>
> It's already there. Look at the error limits.
> postconf |grep error_limit

Already rejected as too generic.

I don't want to drop the connection just because e.g. a mailing list
processor generated a recipient we haven't heard of (very common case).
smtpd_hard_error_limit=1 is just way too trigger-happy to set for this
one case.

/jg