Re: Recipient validation - WAS: Re: Moderated posts?
On 10/15/2014 12:06 PM, Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle@attglobal.net> wrote:
> On 10/15/2014 8:14 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
>> On 10/14/2014 3:28 PM, Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>> But you just said it was OK to delete emails.
>> Please don't misquote me. I said it was the *worst case*, meaning, only
>> marginally better than *bouncing* them, which you should never do.
>>
>> I certainly did not say it was 'OK'.
> You said it was OK. You may try to attack conditions to it - but you
> still said it was OK.
Easy enough to prove. By all means, quote the actual text of me saying
this was 'OK'...
>> you keep saying that the RECEIVING server 'sends a message back to
>> the originator' - unless maybe you simply have a hard time saying
>> what you really mean, which always causes confusion.
> it does send a message back to the originator - it may only be a
> status code, but it is still a message.
The status code is not *sent* anywhere - it is a response directly to
the connecting machine.
It is then the responsibility of that machine that was talking to your
server to pass the response code back to the originating *server* (not
the sender of the email - there is a difference).
It is then the responsibility of the 'originating server' to generate
the NDR (non-delivery response) email that the sender then receives in
their Inbox.
So, again, no, *your* server doesn't 'send anything back to the
originating server'.
I'm done with this thread, since Jerry is free to believe whatever he
wants and run his servers however he wants.
Thankfully the vast majority of other mail admins use best practices...
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