smtpd(8) stress behaviour, disconnect on 5XX ???

From: Victor Duchovni (no email)
Date: Mon Sep 03 2007 - 10:09:17 EDT

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    Some email administrators report success with disconnecting on the first
    5XX response as a default policy, and report no negative consequences,
    but this is clearly a bit dicey, as multi-recipient messages with at
    least one bad recipient have to be deferred by the sender unless the
    sending software has another MX host to try.

    I would not endorse this strategy under normal conditions, but it may
    be a reasonable stress response? Yes it violates RFC (2)821. Is such
    violation justified? Would this be solving the right problem?

    What is the dynamic behaviour of the stress flag:

        - low-water mark?
        - hold-down time?
        - other?

    It may be a shame if the stress flag oscilates on and off all day...
    How do we detect that it needs to be on for a prolonged time, and how
    do we detect that it is appropriate to turn it off?

    -- 
    	Viktor.
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