Re: [Asrg] 1. Inventory of Problems - SMTP

[Markus Stumpf <maex-lists-spam-ietf-asrg@Space.Net>]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 09:26:32AM +0000, Jon Kyme wrote:
> Of course, but this policy violates RFCs - what happened to the 100 RCPT
> requirement? I'd be happy to see this kind of behavior written up in some
> way - revising rfc2821. There's a whole lot of things that work better if
> this requirement can be ignored.

Depends on how you see it. According to RFC 2821
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7.7 Scope of Operation of SMTP Servers
   It is a well-established principle that an SMTP server may refuse to
   accept mail for any operational or technical reason that makes sense
   to the site providing the server.  However, cooperation among sites
   and installations makes the Internet possible.  If sites take
   excessive advantage of the right to reject traffic, the ubiquity of
   email availability (one of the strengths of the Internet) will be
   threatened; considerable care should be taken and balance maintained
   if a site decides to be selective about the traffic it will accept
   and process.
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We have operational and technical reasons to act as we do and to
override the 100 RCPT limit imposed by the RFC.