Thanks Rod.

Todd


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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod Dorman
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Understanding Returned Mail

On Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 11:20:13, Todd Richards wrote:
>   ...
> Do servers ever return a 5xx, such as "unknown user" even if the user
> is there, say to combat spammers?

That would be a rather stupid thing to do since as Matti mentioned a 5xx
response means its a permanent error, don't retry.

> Or if I get an "unknown user", is it a pretty safe bet they really are
> "unknown"?

Quite safe.


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