Well, I guess I was right when I suggested that a separate document to
pass along our accumulated wisdom would be a good idea.
Easier to remember straw man:
220 server
EHLO foo
250 whatever
MAIL FROM:<s> that's the Sender
250 ok
RCPT TO:<a> that's an Acceptable recipient
250 ok
RCPT TO:<d> that's a Delayed recipient
450 try later
RCPT TO:<r> that's a Rejected recipient
550 no such user
DATA
blah blah
.
554 ugh
QUIT
220 server
Which, if any, of a, d, and r get retried? Why or why not? What if
the 554 were a 421 or 451?
In your answer, please consider RFC 2821 section 4.2.5, particularly
the suggestion to requeue the message in the antepenultimate paragraph
of that section.
R's,
John