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Re: SMTP delivery strategies

2004-08-28 12:07:12

Hi Markus,
At 11:34 27-08-2004, Markus Stumpf wrote:
A while ago there was a long and emotional discussion on the qmail list
about whether a 5xx should be treated as permanent for the message or
[snip]
Would it be a good idea/is there any interest in having a kinda BCP
document to get these clarified?

It would be a good idea to clarify how 5xx codes should be treated. Content-filtering gateways (for antispam or antivirus) make the issue more confusing as they don't always return the correct status codes. A BCP could clarify which codes to use and when to use them.

Regards,
-sm

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