Jim Youll wrote:
At 15:41 +0100 4/29/03, Jon Kyme wrote:
[...]
AF said:
> Whenever you send a email message you should always get message
> delivered or info why it can not be delivered or info why some server
> refused to deliver your message.
I agree, pretty much. That would be the ideal state of affairs.
So you're AOL and you have just received 300 million pieces of
undeliverable mail...
do you drop them or try to generate 1 billion bounces that may come
right back at
you, not to mention the complaints as your mailers are used in reverse
attacks?
Why have you accepted them in first place ?
Why have not you rejected the messages during original SMTP session ?
* reply to "mail from:"
* reply to "rctp to:"
* reply to "the final dot"
Do not say it can be done. You can say "AOL can't do it" or "AOL can't
do it at reasonable cost".
AOL took over the responsibility for the best effort delivery by sending
250 reply to "the final dot".
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Andrzej [pl>en: Andrew] Adam Filip http://www.polbox.com/a/anfi/
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