> BTW, I'm interpreting the above to mean that it is appropriate to
> reference RFC 2821 for expected SMTP behaviour.
Hmm...if I were building an SMTPD from scratch, sure, but it's not to
be expected after the fact for all platforms (and IMail is far from
alone in being closer to 821 than 2821). IOW, I'm not an "implementor"
if I've decided _not_ to touch my legacy functionality. I think the
fact that 2821 has not graduated past its present "immature" status is
_because_ there are too many changes to be made to existing platforms
distributed as standards-compliant.
As of two years ago, Ipswitch stated that 821 was the target, and if
2821 can't move past its present status, the passage of time will not
in itself mandate anything different--though common usage may prevail
over the standard.
--Sandy
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