Re: Retry question

[Tony Finch <dot@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008, Pete Resnick wrote:
>
> Take the following example:
>
>       S: 220 foo.com Simple Mail Transfer Service Ready
>       C: EHLO bar.com
>       S: 250-foo.com greets bar.com
>       S: 250-VRFY
>       S: 250 HELP
>       C: VRFY Smith@xxxxxxx
>       S: 250 <Smith@xxxxxxx>
>       C: MAIL FROM:<Smith@xxxxxxx>
>       S: 250 OK
>       C: VRFY Jones@xxxxxxx
>       S: 250 <Jones@xxxxxxx>
>       C: RCPT TO:<Jones@xxxxxxx>
>       S: 450 Can't send  to him right now
>       C: DATA
>       S: 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
>       C: Blah blah blah...
>       C: ...etc. etc. etc.
>       C: .
>       S: 250 OK
>       C: QUIT
>       S: 221 foo.com Service closing transmission channel
>
> According to 4.2.5 above, since Jones@xxxxxxx exists, and foo.com (the server)
> has sent back a 250 to the DATA command, foo.com (the server) now has
> responsibility for delivering the message to Jones@xxxxxxx (retrying if
> necessary) and bar.com (the client) SHOULD NOT attempt to retry delivery to
> Jones@xxxxxxxx Is this the correct interpretation?

I agree with you that this interpretation is wrong. It is also
inconsistent with the requirements in the PIPELINING spec RFC 2920.

Tony.
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