Glenn Anderson wrote:
It says "message", singular. As far as I am concerned (and this is
reflected in my MTA implementation) multiple RCPT TOs is multiple
messages. The optimized case where multiple messages with identical
bodies are sent over a single session with multiple RCPT TOs and a
single copy of the message body should not be treated any differently
from if all those messages were sent independently.
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The standards certainly don't specify any different treatment for the
optimized case.
Well, I guess that will depend on how a 26 year 821 document is read:
2. THE SMTP MODEL
..
When the same message is sent to multiple recipients the SMTP
encourages the transmission of only one copy of the data for
all the recipients at the same destination host.
Or a 19 year old 1123 document
5.3.1 SMTP Queueing Strategies
When the same message is to be delivered to several users on
the same host, only one copy of the message SHOULD be
transmitted. That is, the sender-SMTP should use the
command sequence: RCPT, RCPT,... RCPT, DATA instead of the
sequence: RCPT, DATA, RCPT, DATA,... RCPT, DATA.
Implementation of this efficiency feature is strongly urged.
Both are repeated in the 8 years old 2821 document and one that still
waiting for its bar mitzvah - 2821bis. :-)
Encourage? Efficiency? Urged? all code for optimization.
Anyway, I guess we will just have to agree we see things a little
different but I think we have the same common end goal.
Thanks Glenn.
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