Wietse: > When a recipient fails with 4xx, Postfix does not give up immediately, > BUT WILL TRY THE REMAINING MX HOSTS, up to the limits specified > with $smtp_mx_address_limit and $smtp_mx_session_limit.
OP: > My reading of your answer is, that by default, if some recipients > are accepted and others 451/452 rejected, postfix closes the SMTP > session, reopens a new SMTP session to the same host and tries > again to that host (smtp_mx_session_limit > default 2). No, see CAPITALIZED text above. Postfix does this for all 4XX recipient replies, not just 45X. Wietse