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List:       list-managers
Subject:    Re: Sendmail MaxRecipients config
From:       "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg () monkeys ! com>
Date:       2000-05-10 17:07:36
Message-ID: 35342.957978456 () monkeys ! com
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In message <20000509212503.H19092@pug.qqx.org>, 
Aaron Schrab <aaron+lm@schrab.com> wrote:

>At 10:04 -0700 09 May 2000, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com> wrote:
>> If by ``server'' you mean Sendmail, then the answer is `no'.  It is
>> very simple.  If you have MaxRecipients set to `N' and then some SMTP
>> client connects and tries to issue more than `N' RCPT TOs for some
>> individual message, then the N+1 and subsequent RCPT Tos will get some
>> sort of 5xx response.
>
>Have you actually tried this?  If so, what version?  I tried it on both
>8.9.3 and 8.10.1, and both returned "452 Too many recipients".  So, a
>non-broken MTA should attempt to send to those recipients again later.

Sorry.  I misspoke.  I meant 4xx.


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