--On 12 April 2008 12:06:06 -0700 Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I don't think that's what Ian is saying. The key word is 'selectively'. > I.e. the SMTP server can still reject the incoming message, but once > it has seen the DATA, it can only reject the entire message; it can't > reject a subset of RCPTs. Yes, that much is true in theory. In practice, it's even worse than that. Exim really has accepted the email before it attempts delivery. That's going to be true for any MTA that has a queueing mechanism (qmail, for example), and perhaps others, too. -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex x3148 _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
