Hi.
In the hope of settling this and moving on, I propose to modify
the text for "1yz" to read as follows. This text is based on
trying to combine Hector's proposal with a need to avoid getting
entangled with interpretations of "unextended SMTP".
The multiline issues are not addressed: they don't belong in
this paragraph. In addition, even if those were resolved in the
direction of "only the last one is significant", that still
wouldn't justify treating the other lines as noise to the extent
that the use of
150- ...
250 ...
would be any more justified than
000- ...
250 ...
or
666- ...
250 ...
Proposed text:
The command has been accepted, but the requested action
is being held in abeyance, pending confirmation of the
information in this reply. The SMTP client should send
another command specifying whether to continue or abort
the action. Note: This specification does not define
any commands that allow this type of reply, nor is there
a continuation command for use with it. Such commands,
or modifications to the behavior of existing commands,
and semantics for these codes could be specified using
the extension mechanism.
Comments welcome, but please read this in the context of an
attempted compromise that may not completely satisfy everyone
rather than as a proposal that is in complete agreement with the
many suggestions that have been made about this and related
topics.
john