Mail not bounced after a 5xx error

[wilbert.schapendonk@nld.mci.com]

Hi,

We are running Zmailer 2.99.56-pre4 #1 from CVS and are experiencing a 
problem where zmailer leaves mail in the queue when the remote server 
issues a 5xx error after the 'MAIL FROM' command and an additional 5xx 
error when zmailer continues with a 'RCPT TO' command.

The session goes like this:

    220 mail.exampledomain.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.8/8.12.6; Mon, 14 Apr 2003 11:31:54 +0200 (CEST)
    EHLO fallback.exampledomain.com
    250-mail.exampledomain.com Hello fallback.exampledomain.com, pleased to meet you
    250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
    250-PIPELINING
    250-8BITMIME
    250-SIZE
    250-DSN
    250-ETRN
    250-DELIVERBY
    250 HELP
    MAIL From:<junk@spammerdomain.com> BODY=8BITMIME SIZE=381
    RCPT To:<user@exampledomain.com>
    DATA
    550 5.0.0 <junk@spammerdomain.com>... Go away, we don't want you here
    503 5.0.0 Need MAIL before RCPT
    503 5.0.0 Need MAIL command
    RSET

This mail would stay in the queue with 'stat=deferred  ->> 503 5.0.0 Need 
MAIL before RCPT' and zmailer will try to deliver it using the same 
sequence of commands until the mail expires.

Is there a way to get these messages bounced after the first delivery
attempt?

Thanks,

Wilbert
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