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Re: 2821bis/ter and procedures

2008-08-08 11:22:00

Richard Kay wrote:

My take FWIW, is that none should be retried because the data is 
rejected (probably based on content analysis e.g. spam or
virus). If the data response were a 450, a+b+c should be retried.

Thanks.  I was about to guess something else, but cowardly ended
up with "del" instead of "send".

Ned wrote:

| The message should be retried with recipient C only.

Also different from what I had in mind.   IOW it really deserves
a clarification.  I wonder if this could be coupled with the
"selective reject" ideas (draft-hall) posted here a year ago.

A "selective reject" feature could help to limit backscatter.

 Frank

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