diff --git a/postfix/HISTORY b/postfix/HISTORY
index 6e0561a75..71df8695f 100644
--- a/postfix/HISTORY
+++ b/postfix/HISTORY
@@ -17020,3 +17020,15 @@ Apologies for any names omitted.
 	EAI Future-proofing: don't apply strict_mime_encoding_domain
 	checks to unknown message subtypes such as message/global*.
 	File: global/mime_state.c.
+
+20111025
+
+	Bugfix (introduced: Postfix 2.8): postscreen sent non-compliant
+	SMTP responses (220- followed by 421) when it could not
+	hand off a connection to a real smtpd process, causing
+	undefined behavior in the remote SMTP client. The fix
+	redirects the client to the dummy SMTP engine which sends
+	the 421 reply at the first legitimate opportunity.  Problem
+	reported by Ralf Hildebrandt. Files: postscreen/postscreen_send.c,
+	postscreen/postscreen_smtpd.c, postscreen/postscreen.h.
+
diff --git a/postfix/src/global/mail_version.h b/postfix/src/global/mail_version.h
index ab6759329..75dfe5cb1 100644
--- a/postfix/src/global/mail_version.h
+++ b/postfix/src/global/mail_version.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   * Patches change both the patchlevel and the release date. Snapshots have no
   * patchlevel; they change the release date only.
   */
-#define MAIL_RELEASE_DATE	"20111024"
+#define MAIL_RELEASE_DATE	"20111025"
 #define MAIL_VERSION_NUMBER	"2.9"
 
 #ifdef SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/postfix/src/milter/milter.c b/postfix/src/milter/milter.c
index f4c64aff7..f912add48 100644
--- a/postfix/src/milter/milter.c
+++ b/postfix/src/milter/milter.c
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ int     milter_send(MILTERS *milters, VSTREAM *stream)
     (void) rec_fprintf(stream, REC_TYPE_MILT_COUNT, "%d", count);
 
     if (msg_verbose)
-	msg_info("send %d milters");
+	msg_info("send %d milters", count);
 
     /*
      * XXX Optimization: don't send or receive further information when there
diff --git a/postfix/src/postscreen/postscreen.h b/postfix/src/postscreen/postscreen.h
index b378aaad4..3a190f7c3 100644
--- a/postfix/src/postscreen/postscreen.h
+++ b/postfix/src/postscreen/postscreen.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ typedef struct {
 #define PSC_STATE_FLAG_NEW		(1<<3)	/* some test was never passed */
 #define PSC_STATE_FLAG_BLIST_FAIL	(1<<4)	/* blacklisted */
 #define PSC_STATE_FLAG_HANGUP		(1<<5)	/* NOT a test failure */
-/* unused */
+#define PSC_STATE_FLAG_SMTPD_421	(1<<6)	/* hang up after command */
 #define PSC_STATE_FLAG_WLIST_FAIL	(1<<7)	/* do not whitelist */
 
  /*
@@ -435,6 +435,12 @@ extern void psc_smtpd_tests(PSC_STATE *);
 extern void psc_smtpd_init(void);
 extern void psc_smtpd_pre_jail_init(void);
 
+#define PSC_SMTPD_421(state, reply) do { \
+	(state)->flags |= PSC_STATE_FLAG_SMTPD_421; \
+	(state)->final_reply = (reply); \
+	psc_smtpd_tests(state); \
+    } while (0)
+
  /*
   * postscreen_misc.c
   */
diff --git a/postfix/src/postscreen/postscreen_send.c b/postfix/src/postscreen/postscreen_send.c
index f68a255d7..bb111965e 100644
--- a/postfix/src/postscreen/postscreen_send.c
+++ b/postfix/src/postscreen/postscreen_send.c
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@
 /*	work is finished including postscreen cache updates.
 /*
 /*	In case of an immediate error, psc_send_socket() sends a 421
-/*	reply to the remote SMTP client and closes the connection.
+/*	reply to the remote SMTP client and closes the connection
+/*	if no partial SMTP greeting was sent. Otherwise, it redirects
+/*	the SMTP client to the dummy protocol engine which sends
+/*	421 at the first legitimate opportunity and hangs up.
 /* LICENSE
 /* .ad
 /* .fi
@@ -182,22 +185,35 @@ void    psc_send_socket(PSC_STATE *state)
      * suspicious. Alternatively, we could send attributes along with the
      * socket with client reputation information, making everything even more
      * Postfix-specific.
+     * 
+     * If the operation fails after the partial SMTP handshake was sent,
+     * redirect the client to the dummy SMTP engine, which finishes the
+     * partial SMTP handshake sends the bad news after the first client
+     * command.
      */
     if ((server_fd =
 	 PASS_CONNECT(psc_smtpd_service_name, NON_BLOCKING,
 		      PSC_SEND_SOCK_CONNECT_TIMEOUT)) < 0) {
 	msg_warn("cannot connect to service %s: %m", psc_smtpd_service_name);
-	PSC_SEND_REPLY(state, "421 4.3.2 All server ports are busy\r\n");
-	psc_free_session_state(state);
+	if (state->flags & PSC_STATE_FLAG_PREGR_TODO) {
+	    PSC_SMTPD_421(state, "421 4.3.2 No system resources\r\n");
+	} else {
+	    PSC_SEND_REPLY(state, "421 4.3.2 All server ports are busy\r\n");
+	    psc_free_session_state(state);
+	}
 	return;
     }
-    PSC_ADD_SERVER_STATE(state, server_fd);
-    if (LOCAL_SEND_FD(state->smtp_server_fd,
+    if (LOCAL_SEND_FD(server_fd,
 		      vstream_fileno(state->smtp_client_stream)) < 0) {
 	msg_warn("cannot pass connection to service %s: %m",
 		 psc_smtpd_service_name);
-	PSC_SEND_REPLY(state, "421 4.3.2 No system resources\r\n");
-	psc_free_session_state(state);
+	(void) close(server_fd);
+	if (state->flags & PSC_STATE_FLAG_PREGR_TODO) {
+	    PSC_SMTPD_421(state, "421 4.3.2 No system resources\r\n");
+	} else {
+	    PSC_SEND_REPLY(state, "421 4.3.2 No system resources\r\n");
+	    psc_free_session_state(state);
+	}
 	return;
     } else {
 
@@ -209,6 +225,7 @@ void    psc_send_socket(PSC_STATE *state)
 #if 0
 	PSC_DEL_CLIENT_STATE(state);
 #endif
+	PSC_ADD_SERVER_STATE(state, server_fd);
 	PSC_READ_EVENT_REQUEST(state->smtp_server_fd, psc_send_socket_close_event,
 			       (char *) state, PSC_SEND_SOCK_NOTIFY_TIMEOUT);
 	return;
diff --git a/postfix/src/postscreen/postscreen_smtpd.c b/postfix/src/postscreen/postscreen_smtpd.c
index 062d19bff..67db377f5 100644
--- a/postfix/src/postscreen/postscreen_smtpd.c
+++ b/postfix/src/postscreen/postscreen_smtpd.c
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 /*
 /*	void	psc_smtpd_tests(state)
 /*	PSC_STATE *state;
+/*
+/*	void	PSC_SMTPD_421(state, final_reply)
+/*	PSC_STATE *state;
+/*	const char *final_reply;
 /* DESCRIPTION
 /*	psc_smtpd_pre_jail_init() performs one-time per-process
 /*	initialization during the "before chroot" execution phase.
@@ -22,6 +26,12 @@
 /*	protocol tests and for collecting helo/sender/recipient
 /*	information.
 /*
+/*	PSC_SMTPD_421() redirects the SMTP client to the dummy SMTP
+/*	protocol engine, completes the SMTP protocol handshake,
+/*	sends the specified final reply after the first non-QUIT
+/*	client command, and hangs up without doing any protocol
+/*	tests.  The final reply must end in <CR><LF>.
+/*
 /*	Unlike the Postfix SMTP server, this engine does not announce
 /*	PIPELINING support. This exposes spambots that pipeline
 /*	their commands anyway. Like the Postfix SMTP server, this
@@ -904,6 +914,12 @@ static void psc_smtpd_read_event(int event, char *context)
 	    if (strcasecmp(command, cmdp->name) == 0)
 		break;
 
+	if ((state->flags & PSC_STATE_FLAG_SMTPD_421)
+	    && cmdp->action != psc_quit_cmd) {
+	    PSC_CLEAR_EVENT_DROP_SESSION_STATE(state, psc_smtpd_time_event,
+					       state->final_reply);
+	    return;
+	}
 	/* Non-SMTP command test. */
 	if ((state->flags & PSC_STATE_MASK_NSMTP_TODO_SKIP)
 	    == PSC_STATE_FLAG_NSMTP_TODO && cmdp->name == 0
@@ -1088,8 +1104,10 @@ void    psc_smtpd_tests(PSC_STATE *state)
      * 
      * XXX Make "opportunistically" configurable for each test.
      */
-    state->flags |= (PSC_STATE_FLAG_PIPEL_TODO | PSC_STATE_FLAG_NSMTP_TODO | \
-		     PSC_STATE_FLAG_BARLF_TODO);
+    if ((state->flags & PSC_STATE_FLAG_SMTPD_421) == 0)
+	state->flags |= (PSC_STATE_FLAG_PIPEL_TODO | \
+			 PSC_STATE_FLAG_NSMTP_TODO | \
+			 PSC_STATE_FLAG_BARLF_TODO);
 
     /*
      * Send no SMTP banner to pregreeting clients. This eliminates a lot of