Re: Outbound Mail

• Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 21:11:20 PST
• From:
  hpa@trantor.storm.net (H. Peter Anvin)
• Reply-To:
  hpa@storm.net (H. Peter Anvin)
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Followup to:  <9602260331.AA21507@voyager.cris.com>
By author:    <Knitemar@cris.com>
In newsgroup: local.moo
>
> Well, I'm using the server version 1.8.0beta3, and after compiling the 
> server along with the Outbound_connection (or whatever it is in the 
> options.h file, I'm too tired to remember) defined/uncommented, I logged 
> onto my MOO and tested it by using @newpassword on a dummy character.  I 
> told it to send mail, but now I'm getting the classic Can't send it cuz 
> 503 Need MAIL before RCPT syndrom.  Anyone know what's up with it, if it 
> could be a bug with the code?  Help is much appreciated.
> 

Is the LambdaCore SMTP client really RFC 821 compliant?  "Need MAIL before
RCPT" seems to imply that the client sends the command in the wrong
order.  A "minimal" SMTP session should look like this:

HELO local_hostname
MAIL FROM: <local_user@local_hostname>
RCPT TO: <remote_user@remote_hostname>
DATA
/* Lines of header */

/* Lines of message; a line starting with dot gets an extra dot added */

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