Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!decvax!dartvax!kevins From: kevins@dartvax.UUCP (Kevin M. Schofield) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Is there really no TURN command in sendmail's SMTP? Message-ID: <6745@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Jul-87 09:09:46 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.6745 Posted: Fri Jul 24 09:09:46 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jul-87 01:49:51 EDT References: <1726@ubvax.UUCP> Reply-To: kevins@dartvax.UUCP (Kevin M. Schofield) Distribution: world Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 34 In article <1726@ubvax.UUCP> vix@ubvax.UUCP (Paul Vixie) writes: > >Therefore he decided to just call up the Vax sendmail and say 'TURN' to get >his mail. He was surprised to see sendmail reply, 'command not recognized.' >I was surprised, when subsequently examining srvrsmtp.c, to see that there is >no mention of TURN in the list of known SMTP commands. > >So, two questions: > (1) does sendmail really not support TURN? > (2) has anyone hacked this in? > >Hacking it in doesn't seem to difficult -- if it hasn't been done, and I do it, >is anyone else interested in having the patches? >-- 1. Sendmail really does NOT support TURN (one in a LONG list of gripes I have with sendmail, after just finishing an implementation of SMTP for a computer that talks to our VAX). The minimum implementation of SMTP includes the following commands only: HELO MAIL RCPT DATA RSET NOOP QUIT 2. I doubt that you'll find anyone who has actually hacked it in... it's really a bigger deal than it seems. You have to teach sendmail how to read mail out of a mailbox, dig the appropriate information out of the headers, and send it along. You might be better off implementing uucp instead. (actually, I believe that's been done for the PC...) -Kevin