On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 05:58, Joe Emenaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because, like you mentioned later in your message, not all mailers give > proper responses. For example, I've see a lot of 5xx codes where the > verbal explanation is that the user is over quota.
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