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Re: Processing after the end of DATA

2010-08-09 19:52:48

On the flip side is this:

4.5.3.2.6.  DATA Termination: 10 Minutes.

   This is while awaiting the "250 OK" reply.  When the receiver gets
   the final period terminating the message data, it typically performs
   processing to deliver the message to a user mailbox.  A spurious
   timeout at this point would be very wasteful and would typically
   result in delivery of multiple copies of the message, since it has
   been successfully sent and the server has accepted responsibility for
   delivery.  See Section 6.1 for additional discussion.

    Tony Hansen
    tony(_at_)att(_dot_)com

On 8/9/2010 8:30 PM, Dave CROCKER wrote:



On 8/9/2010 5:25 PM, Steve Atkins wrote:
Can folks offer pointers to normative language?

Tail end of section 6.1 of 5321:

"To avoid receiving duplicate messages as the result of timeouts, a
    receiver-SMTP MUST seek to minimize the time required to respond to
    the final<CRLF>.<CRLF>  end of data indicator. "

However the same section also says:


Thanks!

And, yeah, it might be worth reviewing both normative directives.

d/