Re: draft-elvey-refuse-sieve-02.txt (multi-reply)

Kjetil Torgrim Homme <kjetilho@ifi.uio.no> Thu, 12 August 2004 19:51 UTC

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On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 15:26 -0400, Cyrus Daboo wrote:
> New syntax would be:
> 
> 	reject [":auto" / ":dsn" / ":mdn"] <reason: string>
> 	
> 	optional arguments:
> 	
> 	":auto" - the sieve implementation decides which of SMTP error, DSN
> 	or MDN is appropriate to use when the action is executed. This is
> 	also the default behaviour if none of the optional tags is
> 	specified. The 'reason' string is used in a DSN or MDN if one of
> 	those is generated. The 'reason' string is not used in any SMTP error.
> 	
> 	":dsn" - a DSN is always generated when the reject action is
> 	executed. The 'reason' string is used in the DSN.

make it explicit and add "If a DSN can't be generated, the message is
discarded silently."
	
> 	":mdn" - a MDN is always generated when the reject action is
> 	executed. The 'reason' string is used in the MDN.

since this is the old behaviour, I think this should be the default.
-- 
Kjetil T.