Re: retry question
2008-08-10 23:07:27
At 02:50 PM 8/9/2008, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:
WHY? I have a message that is addressed to 10 people via the TO and
CC Headers (I'll ignore the use of BCC). I attempt to send it and
(if all 10 addresses were checked) get a mixture of accepted, 4xy,
and 5xy responses. While I can see removing the 5xy'ed addresses
from the headers, why should I be forced to destroy the 4xy'ed
headers just to deliver the message to the others (and thus prevent
the 4xy'ed ones from seeing any replies)? A much better way is to
submit to the accepted addresses, warn the user of the 5xys so they
can be MANUALLY removed, and then requeue the message for a later
attempt to submit (with the already accepted during a prior attempt
addresses not resent as RCPT-TOs).
Generally, the problem is due to incorrect email addresses. If you
are going ahead with the message transmission and provide feedback
later, it will confuse the average user. The average user doesn't
know or care about 4yz and 5yz. In his/her mind, there are only two states.
In terms of UI, it's easier to ask the user one question than several
questions simultaneously. I'm not suggesting anything in the case of
SUBMIT as it's up to the implementor to decide what the behavior
should be. We also don't have the same interoperability problem as
in the case of MTAs.
Regards,
-sm
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