[RFCI-Discuss] refusing mail to abuse@ if not the only recipient

[James Hess]

2009/11/30 Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar at fantomas.sk>:
> - I have not asked if it's valid
> - it is not a rejection, it's temporary rejection.

A  temporary rejection is a rejection. Actually, it is more precise to
say that it is a  "temporary error".
Which is fine,  temporary errors are normal behavior for mail servers,
  there is no standard you violate
by returning a temporary error in response to an attempt to mail abuse at .

> well, std10 was obsoleted by rfc 2821 and that was obsoleted by 5321, just
> FYI.

No,  I think you misunderstand the standardization process...
rfc 2821   are   _proposed_  to obsolete  RFC 821, RFC 974, RFC 1869

Neither 2821  nor   5321  have completed the IETF standardization
track and become internet standards.
STD 10  should  _NEVER_ be obsoleted, unless SMTP goes away.


Please see:  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1311


Actually, RFC 2821 is  listed as obsoleted by  5321,  the latest
version of _proposed_  revisions to the standard.

If  RFC 2821  successfully  completes  the standardization process,
and becomes accepted standard,
the relevant STDs   are  updated  to  point to the new set of RFC documents.


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-J