On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 08:35:54AM -0400, John C Klensin wrote:
2821bis-03:
The responsibility of an SMTP client is to transfer mail
messages to one or more SMTP servers, or report its
failure to do so.
In either case, a formal handoff of responsibility for
the message occurs: the protocol requires that a server
MUST accept responsibility for either delivering a
message or properly reporting the failure to do so.
+1
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