On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 05:12:25AM -0000, John Levine wrote: > > Straw man: > > 220 server > > EHLO foo > 250 whatever > > MAIL FROM:<a> > 250 ok > > RCPT TO:<b> > 250 ok > > RCPT TO:<c> > 450 try later > > RCPT TO:<d> > 550 no such user > > DATA > blah blah > . > 554 ugh > > QUIT > 220 server > > Which, if any, of b, c, and d get retried? Why or why not? What if > the 554 were a 450?
My take FWIW, is that none should be retried because the data is rejected (probably based on content analysis e.g. spam or virus). If the data response were a 450, a+b+c should be retried. Richard. > > R's, > John
