On 05/26/2010 07:48 AM, Steve Atkins wrote:
>>> Perhaps I missed something, but if domain B is rejecting email from the 
>>> list Authored by A, then won't that cause a list member at domain B to be 
>>> removed from the list as well? I think that is what John meant by innocent 
>>> bystander. Most MLM remove subscribers after repeated bounces. I don't know 
>>> if they are smart enough to look into why the message bounced.
>
> That's exactly the issue, and not a theoretical one.
>
> However, domain B is not an innocent bystander, as they intentionally 
> configured their mail system to reject mail it shouldn't, and the recipients 
> at domain B support that decision, on some level.

Wait a minute. There's nothing wrong with discarding something set to 
discardable (cf, "shouldn't").
Or are you saying that it shouldn't produce a bounce/5xx and just silently 
discard it?


Mike
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