sendmail: don't talk until 220 code is seen. Closes 3487

function                                             old     new   delta
sendmail_main                                        934     939      +5
smtp_checkp                                          167     165      -2
packed_usage                                       28634   28621     -13

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/mailutils/mail.c b/mailutils/mail.c
index 66c7947..f5260d9 100644
--- a/mailutils/mail.c
+++ b/mailutils/mail.c
@@ -57,10 +57,13 @@ void FAST_FUNC launch_helper(const char **argv)
 	G.helper_pid = xvfork();
 
 	i = (!G.helper_pid) * 2; // for parent:0, for child:2
-	close(pipes[i + 1]); // 1 or 3 - closing one write end
-	close(pipes[2 - i]); // 2 or 0 - closing one read end
-	xmove_fd(pipes[i], STDIN_FILENO); // 0 or 2 - using other read end
-	xmove_fd(pipes[3 - i], STDOUT_FILENO); // 3 or 1 - other write end
+	close(pipes[i + 1]);     // 1 or 3 - closing one write end
+	close(pipes[2 - i]);     // 2 or 0 - closing one read end
+	xmove_fd(pipes[i], STDIN_FILENO);      // 0 or 2 - using other read end
+	xmove_fd(pipes[3 - i], STDOUT_FILENO); // 3 or 1 - using other write end
+	// End result:
+	// parent stdout [3] -> child stdin [2]
+	// child stdout [1] -> parent stdin [0]
 
 	if (!G.helper_pid) {
 		// child: try to execute connection helper