On Thursday 05 January 2006 10:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > any legitimate MTA treating a 5xx response as a "I won't take it, but > > try my backup MXs" should be shot, along with the author(s) and the > > operator(s). > > This is an undecidable question. There are legitimate arguments for both > sides:
what question is? the fact that MTA owners who treat 5xx responses as "try my other MXes" should be shot? You might want to quote a little better next time :) > 1) Accept then discard > 2) Reject > > There is wide agreement that the third option is bad: > > 3) Accept then construct bounce message I agree 100% > I myself am firmly in the "Reject" camp. I am as well, but if someone wants to accept/drop the message that's up to them, but I always try to point out the issues with it. > Suppose you're manning a post office counter. A young man with his head > shaved and "Fight the Power" tattoos hands you a ticking package with > grease stains. He keeps looking over his shoulder. The return address on > the package is the White House (this post office is nowhere near Washington > DC) > > What do you do? > > 1) Say "thank you, sir", wait until he leaves, then drop the package into a > concrete bunker and blow it up 2) Say "I'm sorry but I can't accept this > package" > 3) Accept the package and send it to the White House with a Post-It note > saying "we weren't able to deliver this package to the recipient because it > looks like a bomb" I like this analogy. However, you said "white house" and "bomb" in the same email, the FBI will be coming over tomorrow. btw, mind if I steal this analogy (with credit, of course) for use in other conversations? -Jeremy -- Jeremy Kitchen ++ [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the beginning was The Word and The Word was Content-type: text/plain -- The Word of Bob.
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