Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdsu!ucsd!ogccse!blake!Tomobiki-Cho!mrc From: mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: SMTP and multiple messages with one connection Keywords: one QUIT, many messages Message-ID: <4541@blake.acs.washington.edu> Date: 20 Nov 89 06:35:23 GMT References: <3674@orion.cf.uci.edu> Sender: news@blake.acs.washington.edu Organization: Mendou Zaibatsu, Tomobiki-Cho, Butsumetsu-Shi Lines: 21 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