On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Lisa Muir <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > What is the protocol for smtp where there are multiple recipients for > an email, either multiple to, cc or bcc, and one of the recipients is > rejected at the SMTP submission as being an invalid email address. > > Does the email get submitted for everyone else on the distribution > list except that one recipient?
Yes. My e-mail should not be delayed or denied because of "Broken Email" person. > If the user then re-submits does it get sent to everyone else again > and again until they delete or fix the error in that one email > address? > > This appeared to be how it worked yesterday when a user had a large > bcc email list with one invalid email address. Shouldn't the protocol > be that the message does not get submitted to any of the recipients > until such time as the message is accepted from the sending MUA at > smtp? Or is this an issue which can be fixed with an upgrade, I'm > still on Courier 0.56? It's an issue with the user. E-mail sent to a bunch of recipients is e-mail sent to a bunch of recipients. A delivery status notice for one recipient is... take a guess, yup, a delivery status notice for one recipient. jerry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
