Re: [exim] Turning 421 errors into Defer?

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Author: Mark Nipper
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To: Marc Perkel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Turning 421 errors into Defer?
On 08 Feb 2006, Marc Perkel wrote:
> When things go bad good email bounces returning 421 errors. Can that be
> changed to a DEFER so that they will resend rather than bounce?


        A 4xx level message should already be interpreted on the
remote end as a deferral.  If not, the remote SMTP server is
broken according to the RFC (RFC2821, section 4.2.1 to be
specific).


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