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Re: [apps-discuss] Feedback on draft-moonesamy-smtp-ipv6-00

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Tue, 15 November 2011 10:59 UTC

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John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:
>
> In step (9), you say "If a transient failure condition is reported,
> try the next MX RR" which looks wrong to me.  If you get a 4xx, you
> requeue the message and try it again later.

This is a point of repeated disagreement and there is no accepted
consensus. When they get a 4yz, some SMTP implementations will immediately
re-try delivery on the other hosts, and only queue the message for later
delivery if none of the hosts will take the message.

Tony.
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