Sam writes:
> On 16 Nov 1999, Joe Kelsey wrote:
>
> > Sam writes:
> > > On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Mark Evans wrote:
> > >
> > > > This assumes that the recieving MTA will process multiple RCPT messages
> > > > in exactly the same way as those with a single RCPT. e.g. the MTA might
> > > > impose progressive delays in the transaction for every RCPT given to it
> > > > or attempt to deliver a message with multiple RCPT's at a lower priority.
> > >
> > > This is silly. Originally, batching multiple RCPTs for the same domain
> > > WAS the default behavior of all the MTAs on the Internet.
> >
> > And just exactly what evidence do you base this unfounded conclusion on?
>
> A little program called "sendmail". Perhaps you've heard of it.
When sendmail was first written it did *not* do RCPT aggregation.
That was implemented later, as an optimization.
In 1982 sendmail was by far and away in the *minority* of MTA's in
operation on the Internet.
The rapid spread of 4.2BSD UNIX systems (1983) soon changed that.
/Joe
