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Re: [yam] [Fwd: RFC 5321, Erratum 1543]

Barry Leiba <barryleiba.mailing.lists@gmail.com> Mon, 07 September 2009 15:20 UTC

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>> SMTP clients are told to act as though a 451 response ("Requested action
>> aborted: local error in processing") had been received when context clearly
>> indicates that a 421 response ("Service not available, closing transmission
>> channel") was intended.

I think you can argue either way (we don't know why the problem
occurred), and I think it doesn't matter.  In any case, it's a 4xx
error.

I think we should leave well enough alone and not change it now.

Barry

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