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Changing the SMTP greeting issued by MercuryS
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When an incoming connection is received by the MercuryS SMTP server,
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the first thing MercuryS does is issue a "greeting". This greeting
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typically looks like this:
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--------- cut here --------------
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220 somehost.somedomain.com Mercury/32 v3.21 ESMTP server ready.
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--------- cut here --------------
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The server then waits for the client to introduce itself and start
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a mail transaction.
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Recent suggested law changes in the U.S.A. and other countries may
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make it desirable to be able to change the "greeting" issued by
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MercuryS on connection, typically to indicate that certain types of
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mail may not be welcome.
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To change the MercuryS greeting, create a text file called
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GREETING.MER in the directory where MERCURY.EXE is installed. This
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file should contain the text you want MercuryS to display, and must
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be no longer than 512 characters.
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We recommend the following text as a starting point:
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--------- cut here --------------
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Use of this server for unauthorised relaying of mail is forbidden.
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Unsolicited Commercial E-mail ("spam") is NOT WELCOME HERE.
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--------- cut here --------------
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If you were to use this text in your GREETING.MER file, then the
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opening message displayed by MercuryS would look like this:
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--------- cut here --------------
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220-somehost.somedomain.com Mercury/32 v3.21 ESMTP server ready.
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220-Use of this server for unauthorised relaying of mail is forbidden.
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220 Unsolicited Commercial E-mail ("spam") is NOT WELCOME HERE.
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--------- cut here --------------
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MercuryS automatically adds the SMTP response codes and continuation
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characters correctly.
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Using an "extended greeting" in this way *may* on rare occasions
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create problems with some older mail clients that cannot handle
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multi-line greetings. We recommend that you experiment with the
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feature for a while to make sure no mail interruption is occurring
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before you fix it in place.
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Remember, you cannot have more than 512 characters of data in your
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GREETING.MER file.
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