Re: Discard Redux

At 02:06 PM 6/8/2005, Keith Matthews wrote:
>Depends *where* you reject. The way most people do it (or perhaps try to
>do it would be more accurate) only the message headers get sent (less if
>you reject on HELO or client address).
>
>Headers are typically 150 to 250 bytes, complete messages are typically
>3 to 5 K (and probably three times that if the originator used Outlook
>with the HTML option on ).

I'll be the one to nitpick here.
You are talking about rejecting based on envelope information, not
headers. Although the headers often contain the same information, the
headers themselves are actually sent with the rest of the mail body. You
don't get to see the headers until the client transmits the body of the
message.

But in the general idea, you are right. Rejecting a message based on
envelope information will save connect time and bandwidth.

If you DISCARD a message, the client must still transmit the entire message
to you, so all you save is storage.

--
Noel Jones