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> 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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