Correct SMTP reply to bouce UCE?

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From: Andrew Clarke
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 00:00

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Sorry for the slight cross-post...

I've quickly knocked together a little utility which works in
conjunction with Alex Chapman's Rexx scripts for OS/2 to bounce spam
email based on the MAIL FROM: command.

Looking over RFC 821 I see there are basically two error responses to
this 500 and 501, neither of which seem to fit the bill.

At the moment I'm sending a 501 with a comment to the effect that
email from that host is banned as a matter of local policy.

However, I seem to remember reading somewhere that there was a
specific reply to cover this, but I can't find it in 821 or 1123.  It
shouldn't matter too much but I'd like to use the correct reply if it
exists.
--
Andrew Clarke - "If Jesus loves me, why won't he swallow?"
PGP Public Key available. Email address needs to be de-mangled
"Having your nuts nibbled off by a Laplander, that's a way to die."
http://www.plinth.demon.co.uk/ - nothing interesting that way lies

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Subject: Correct SMTP reply to bouce UCE?
Date: 1997/03/27
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