[79644] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Hotmail-- Again??
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Suresh Ramasubramanian)
Tue Apr 12 21:49:33 2005
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:18:41 +0530
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com>
To: Matthew Black <black@csulb.edu>
Cc: Jim McBurnett <jim@tgasolutions.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <web-4192641@remus.csulb.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 4/12/05, Matthew Black <black@csulb.edu> wrote:
> 2. After given a numeric SMTP error response code between 500 and 599
> (also known as a "permanent non-delivery response"), the sender mu=
st
> not attempt to retransmit that message to that recipient.
>=20
> Microsoft Outlook doesn't follow this rule. Outlook perpetually retries
> sending messages which encounter an SMTP permanent error between
> 500 and 599. How interesting that their on-line e-mail service has
> rules that prevent use of the parent company's own products. <8-)
Outlook is not an MTA and it is not going to connect to MSN/Hotmail's
servers to deliver mail.
And Hotmail is run by a rather different group of people than those
that code Outlook.
--=20
Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists@gmail.com)
