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Re: Bounce loops

2003-10-28 09:31:23
On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 16:12, Roy Badami wrote:
If C bounces the message, the bounce will be directed at B.  B's
.forward will then forward the bounce to C, who will then bounce it
back to B.  Ad inifinitum.

Bounce messages are sent with null reverse-path, precisely not to
create mail loops. This is the behaviour suggested by RFC 2821,
section 3.7, second last paragraph.


        Bob

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