Re: [ietf-smtp] SMTP Reply code 500

Paul Smith <paul@pscs.co.uk> Thu, 05 March 2020 09:22 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-smtp] SMTP Reply code 500
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On 05/03/2020 02:39, Geethapriya Liyanage wrote:
> Thank you very much for the reply.
>
> My doubt was, how client should handle receiving an out of rage code 
> (Eg 600).    Now it is clear, client should gently drop the connection 
> with QUIT.

Yes - there is no clue what a response code of '600' would mean. I'd 
assume it failed, and give up.

But, don't take it too far. If you got a response code such as 492 
that's not listed in any SMTP documentation, I'd treat that as any other 
4xx code and treat it as a temporary failure. Strictly, it's invalid 
because the second digit is supposed to be 0-5 according to RFC 5321, 
but the first digit is sufficient for most processing, so I'd go with that.



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