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Re: [PATCH] Handle unreachable host in address verification as 200

From: mouss (moussnetoyen.net)
Date: Sat Apr 26 2008 - 06:14:39 CDT


René Nussbaumer wrote:
> [snip]
>> Then the backup MX host MUST have a valid recipient list.
>>
>
> Where's the point of providing recipient validation then?
>

recipient verification works for relays, not backup MXs. relays may be
firewalls, gateways, ... They are ok to tempfail if the final server is
unreachable.