From: Marty Fouts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 19:30:33 -0700
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matti Aarnio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 1:26 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [ADMIN] some list related topics ..
[snip]
> 3) some ISP systems yield 500 series errors with text:
> "system is temporarily busy"
> or something of that effect. Now THAT is really offensive
> stupidity by the ISP software folks...
<sigh> There is nothing in the SMTP RFCs that require any to be able to
accept all email at all times.
The lack of the systems ability to handle the email at this moment is
not what Matti is complaining about.
You will find in RFC0821, section 4.2.1, what return code "500" is
designated to mean.
Later,
David S. Miller
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