Martijn de Munnik:
>
> On Jan 23, 2010, at 4:24 PM, Sahil Tandon wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010, Martijn de Munnik wrote:
> >
> >> RFC2821 section 4.5.3.2 Timeouts reads
> >>
> >> "An SMTP server SHOULD have a timeout of at least 5 minutes while it
> >> is awaiting the next command from the sender."
> >
> > The key word is SHOULD, as opposed to MUST.
>
> "SHOULD" equals "MUST unless you have a really good reason". I'm
> trying to figure out if somebody on the list knows a really good
> reason.
Ask THEIR postmaster.
Wietse
