Hello DZ-Jay, >> Also I assume the SMTP server's 451 is not correct in this situation. > No. 451 indicates that it is a transient error, not a permanent one. > This means you may try again later.
So this means since they use a wrong error number they will get more spam because the server will do a range of retries ? It should be a 5xx which is permanent then it will go back to the sender without retry. --- Rgds, Wilfried [TeamICS] http://www.overbyte.be/eng/overbyte/teamics.html http://www.mestdagh.biz Monday, December 4, 2006, 12:39, DZ-Jay wrote: > On Dec 3, 2006, at 12:43, Wilfried Mestdagh wrote: >> Hello Francois, >> >> I did, but now I have following situation while redirecting a mail: >> >> < 451 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Sender address rejected: SENDING FROM >> HOTMAIL.COM IS DISABLED DUE TO LARGE NUMBER OF SPAMRUNS > I would still use the original. This seems to be an exceptional case. > Another thing that some mailers do (Eudora Pro, Mac OS Mail) is they > add a "redirected" string to the From address, such as: > From: "Original Sender" (redirected by "New Sender") > Or... > From: "Original Sender" (by way of "New Sender") > X-Redirected: (date) (sender) >> I guess I should delivere it back to the original return-path. That's >> where it is for I assume ? > Yes, and if you add the redirect notice in the "From:", the original > sender will know that the message that bounced was the redirected one. >> Also I assume the SMTP server's 451 is not correct in this situation. >> Should be 5xx right ? > No. 451 indicates that it is a transient error, not a permanent one. > This means you may try again later. > dZ. > -- > DZ-Jay [TeamICS] > http://www.overbyte.be/eng/overbyte/teamics.html -- To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be
