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RFC5321 SMTP Cleanup - Retries Strategy

2011-06-05 21:44:59

This is no big deal, I noticed in section 2.2.3 it has a recommendation of 3 days and in section 4.5.4.1, it has a recommendation of 4-5 days.

2.2.3 talks about "extensions" and it notes:

   (e.g., if normal timeout is three days, the requeue timeout before
attempting to transmit the mail without the extension might be one day).

I am talking about the usage of the word "normal" as this seems to imply the recommended normal retry timeout which would be different than what it implied in 4.5.4.1:

   Retries continue until the message is transmitted or the sender gives
   up; the give-up time generally needs to be at least 4-5 days.

So I guess maybe in 2.2.3 (when crossing this bridge (BIS) again), it would be changed to say:

   (e.g., if normal timeout is 4-5 days, the requeue timeout before
attempting to transmit the mail without the extension might be one day).


--
Sincerely

Hector Santos
http://www.santronics.com

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