The problem is that after such respionse 550 many server stop
sending further message to the same address !!!!
On 16 Sep 2002, at 9:47, Dave C. wrote:
Date sent: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:47:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Dave C." <djc@???>
To: Leonardo Boselli <leo@???>
Copies to: <exim-users@???>
Subject: Re: [Exim] how to say "never THIS message"
> On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Leonardo Boselli wrote:
>
> > I have noted that some MTA reply with
> > 550: explain
> > and explain say that the file did contain a virus and so is not
> > accepted. an unknown MTA so consider it as a "Used does not accept
> > any email from me" and so stop sending to that address. What is
> > exactly the code (issued after receiving the message) for "I cannot
> > accept now THIS message, and i won't ever accept IT, so do not
> > retry, but you can freely try to send any other message "
>
> The text after the message is not used by the MTA - it is solely for
> human interpretation. Unfortunately, there is no code to do what you
> want. The only standard recognized conventions for the numeric
> responses, and their meanings, are as follows. What numbers are in the
> 'x' dont matter.
>
>
> 2xx Success
> 3xx Success, send more (used after "DATA" command)
> 4xx Temporary failure
> 5xx Permanent failure
>
>
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