> Read the bit before the bit you quoted:
>
> | A rule of thumb to determine
> | whether a reply fits into the 4yz or the 5yz category (see below)
> | is that replies are 4yz if they can be successful if repeated
> | without any change in command form or in properties of the sender
> | or receiver (that is, the command is repeated identically and the
> | receiver does not put up a new implementation.)
>
> -- the point about an over-quota error is that it is
> reasonable to expect a retry to succeed without action by
> either the sender or the administrators at the remote
> site. (Note that ``properties of the sender or receiver''
> refers to properties of the corresponding SMTP
> implementations in that sentence.)
>
Yep. I've read it. It's a rule of thumb. It's not hard and fast.
But anyway, it appears that we are not going to agree here, there are different
valid interpretations of the RFC. Can we just agree to disgree and move on ?
J
