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Re: BCP for handling DNS SERVFAIL results

2005-11-27 08:27:04

Hi Arnt,
At 23:23 26-11-2005, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
I'd say that SERVFAIL is best covered by RFC 2821 section 6.1, which has this to say about error handling: «It [the MTA] must take this responsibility seriously. It MUST NOT lose the message for frivolous reasons, such as because the host later crashes or

I didn't read your previously reply correctly. The above sums up nicely the BCP for SERVFAIL.

Regards,
-sm