Hello, On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 12:21:35PM +0000, Chris Lightfoot wrote: > Read the bit before the bit you quoted: > > | A rule of thumb to determine > | whether a reply fits into the 4yz or the 5yz category (see below) > | is that replies are 4yz if they can be successful if repeated > | without any change in command form or in properties of the sender > | or receiver (that is, the command is repeated identically and the > | receiver does not put up a new implementation.) > > -- the point about an over-quota error is that it is > reasonable to expect a retry to succeed without action by > either the sender or the administrators at the remote > site. (Note that ``properties of the sender or receiver'' > refers to properties of the corresponding SMTP > implementations in that sentence.)
How can you decide if it is reasonable to expect a retry to succeed? You can't and the receiving side cannot make a decision that's always correct either, but has more knowledge of the user's behaviour, for example if the userhas not accessed the mailbox via POP or IMAP for a given time. So the receiving MTA surely is in a better position to make a decision. -- Gruss / Best regards | LF.net GmbH | fon +49 711 90074-411 Matthias Waffenschmidt | Ruppmannstr. 27 | fax +49 711 90074-33 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | D-70565 Stuttgart | http://www.lf.net -- ## 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/
