On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 02:42:28PM -0800, Marc Perkel wrote:
> What this says is that if you decide to have some limits that the limits
> should be set at 2 or more. Since Qmail doesn't have a configurable
> limit then the MUST part applies.
Read on in the same section:
Although the capability to try multiple alternative addresses is
required, specific installations may want to limit or disable the use
of alternative addresses. The question of whether a sender should
attempt retries using the different addresses of a multihomed host
has been controversial. The main argument for using the multiple
addresses is that it maximizes the probability of timely delivery,
and indeed sometimes the probability of any delivery; the counter-
argument is that it may result in unnecessary resource use. Note
that resource use is also strongly determined by the sending strategy
discussed in section 4.5.4.1.
Now look at "4.5.4.1 Sending Strategy"
The sender MUST delay retrying a particular destination after one
attempt has failed. In general, the retry interval SHOULD be at
least 30 minutes; however, more sophisticated and variable strategies
will be beneficial when the SMTP client can determine the reason for
non-delivery.
All that you cite is that a sending MTA must have the capability to use
different/alternate MX hosts. It says nothing about using them, when
using them and in which interval and for what reasons.
For standards it doesn't help to grep for a keyword and cite a phrase.
For standards you have to read the whole paper and understand it.
> Qmail is out of compliance with RFC282.
Says who? You? *lol*
\Maex
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