Re: [Fwd: [Asrg] Verisign: All Your ...

Dean Anderson wrote

>>> As was pointed out, some servers will give up right away. In either 
case,
>>> the user should get a bounce, and can follow the instructions as to
>>> whether the delivery will be retried or not
>>>
>> No. On once case your get a "no such host" error and never send the
>> email in the first place and the other case gets a bounce. Not the same
>> thing.You don't seem to understand how mail works. In both cases you 
get a
>> bounce. In neither case is a message sent.

You do not seem to be getting the message the MTA and MUA MAY be the same
program. So NOT true.

> This isn't broken.  You won't send any messages because you won't get to
> the "data" command. You will get an SMTP error code. The message is never
> delivered to Verisign.
The fact that a 3rd party knows (or can tell) that user X tried
to send email to user Y can be a violation of HIPPA security.


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