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Re: SMTP Transferred-By-Reference

2007-11-13 13:24:04

Valdis(_dot_)Kletnieks(_at_)vt(_dot_)edu 
<Valdis(_dot_)Kletnieks(_at_)vt(_dot_)edu> wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:42:27 EST, John Leslie said:

... the -00 spec does allow for the case where you decide -- before
fetching any part of the message -- that the originator is not worth
trusting, so you simply discard the URI silently.

How is that any different than sending a 5xx in response to RCPT TO:,
which is something we can (and should) do now?

   Mainly in that you can do it minutes after receiving the TBR command
without needing to keep the TCP connection open.

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John Leslie <john(_at_)jlc(_dot_)net>