Re: Correct SMTP reply to bouce UCE?

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From: Richard Clayton
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:00

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In article <859517265snz.7876@grempc.demon.co.uk>, Graham E Kinns
<news.7876@grempc.demon.co.uk> writes

>Andrew Clarke <andrew@REMOVE-THIS.plinth.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>Looking over RFC 821 I see there are basically two error responses to
>>this 500 and 501, neither of which seem to fit the bill.
>
>IMHO, to comply with 821, mail shouldn't be rejected until you know
>who it's for.

Indeed, if you reject at MAIL FROM, some clients will resend :(

What is "correct" is currently being hashed out by the DRUMS working
group - however, that won't change the installed base for some time

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