Received: from localhost by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id QAA24832; Wed, 31 May 1995 16:56:57 -0400 X-Resent-To: drums@CS.UTK.EDU ; Wed, 31 May 1995 16:56:56 EDT Errors-to: owner-drums@CS.UTK.EDU Received: from callandor.cybercash.com by CS.UTK.EDU with ESMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id QAA24819; Wed, 31 May 1995 16:56:40 -0400 Received: by callandor.cybercash.com; id GAA00522; Wed, 24 May 1995 06:22:31 -0400 Received: from cybercash.com(204.254.34.52) by callandor.cybercash.com via smap (V1.3) id sma000513; Wed May 24 06:22:02 1995 Received: by cybercash.com.cybercash.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA24290; Wed, 31 May 95 16:52:14 EDT Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 16:52:13 -0400 (EDT) From: "Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" To: drums@CS.UTK.EDU Subject: Re: RFC 821 problem list In-Reply-To: <8jn_hVu00WBwM0wcN6@andrew.cmu.edu> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII It seems to me that for some conditions, possibly including over quota, it should be up the to destination system whether to return a 4xx or 5xx message. You could even image a system which did this based on how long the particular user had been over quota compared with typical Internet mail queueing times. Donald ===================================================================== Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1 508-287-4877(tel) dee@cybercash.com 318 Acton Street +1 508-371-7148(fax) dee@world.std.com Carlisle, MA 01741 USA +1 703-620-4200(main office, Reston, VA)