On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 11:08:29AM -0000, John Burnham wrote: > > > But surely the point being made is that it up to the person > > running the server > > > as to whether they regard the error to be permanent or temporary ? > > > > no. > > Is that "No, it's not up to the server admin as to whether they regard a > problem > as permanent or temporary" ? In which case, I'm afraid I must disagree with > you.
go and read the bit of the RFC on what is a temporary error and what is permanent. obviously nothing requires mail servers to obey the RFC, but it's a useful starting point. -- ``Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.'' (Ernest Benn) -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
