From: "Paul Ranson" 

Try returning,

554 No mail service here, see http://www.nls.net/mail.htm

I'm thinking about a 'fakeserv' server that can do this for all the well
known protocols, and provide a default http page, a redirect or whatever.
It would be surprising if there weren't already one out there.

Paul

"Geo."  wrote in message
news:40b276ba$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> so far it's working great, telnet to
>
> telnet nls.net 25
>
> and you can see it in action . Only downside is Eudora for some reason
> doesn't like to pass the error message along to the user, outlook and
outlook
> express are more than happy to kick the exact message up in the users face
but
> eudora give some cryptic error.
>
> Geo.
>
> "John Beckett" 
wrote in message
> news:40b1c69c.2919988{at}216.144.1.254...
> > "Geo."  wrote in message
news::
> > > I need to allow the incoming connection then respond back to it with
an
> error
> > > message. I managed to cobble it together using netcat and a batch
file.
> >
> > You definitely win some sort of award for that amazing solution! If you
> > get any problems with it, let me know and I'll think about alternatives.
> >
> > John
> >
>
>

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