On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, SM wrote: > At 09:32 AM 8/5/2008, Tony Finch wrote: > > > > "When a mail message is to be delivered to multiple recipients, and > > the SMTP server to which a copy of the message is to be sent is the > > same for multiple recipients, then only one copy of the message SHOULD > > be transmitted." > > That favors one connection over using a different connection for each > recipient as that can cause resource issues.
It says nothing about connections: you can send multiple copies of a message down the same connection. > If you are going to temporary fail the transaction because the first > recipient got a 4yz reply, you may end up never being able to attempt a > delivery for the other recipients. I know that, but there's evidence that some implementers don't understand it. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ VIKING NORTH UTSIRE SOUTH UTSIRE: WEST OR SOUTHWEST BECOMING VARIABLE THEN EAST OR NORTHEAST 3 OR 4, INCREASING 5 OR 6 IN SOUTH UTSIRE LATER. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE, RAIN LATER. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR.
