>Um, no, I'm afraid it means your SMTP software bombed. It failed to go to
>the reset (initial) state after the second test, so the test sequence was
>aborted, and the remaining 16 or so (?) tests weren't carried out. I
>wouldn't trust that software just yet...
Relay test 2
>>> RSET
<<< 250 OK
>>> MAIL FROM:<spamtest>
<<< 550 Closing transmission channel.
Relay test 3
>>> RSET
<<<
Actually as near as I can tell, the reason test 3 is failing is because VMS
reacted to test 2 by breaking the connection. This seems to be verified by
my results from telneting in on port 25.
Zane
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Received on Sat May 18 2002 - 22:39:11 BST