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[Olivier Salaun <address@concealed>]

Hi,

Sympa complies to RFC 1891, defining the non-delivery reports (bounces)
format. RFC 1893 defines the Status Codes :
ftp://ftp.cru.fr/pub/reseau/RFCs/rfc1893.txt
More and more MTAs implement this RFC ; this should make our life easier in 
the 
future.... AOL's MTA implement it BUT the error status are wrong.
Exemple :
        AOL refers to a User Unknown as 2.0.0
        whereas it is defined in the RFC as 5.1.1 
        (2.0.0 means a delivery success)

That's the reason why AOL's User Unknon are shown as success.
Blank fields are bounces not complying to RFC 1891 ; Sympa could not
determine their type.

jstrudwick wrote:
> 
> I understand what permanent and temporary bounces are, however sometimes 
> the 
> type field is blank, which I think means the server didn't respond with any
> useful information. I have noticed that some are listed as "success", 
> usually 
> all from the same domain, both AOL and netscape.com email addresses are 
> doing
> this.
> 
> Can anyone confirm why some are blank, and some are success?


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Olivier Salaün
Comité Réseau des Universités