Re: [Asrg] Another draft of the DNSxL document

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Daniel Feenberg wrote:

> > Please take another look.  I'd like to make one more minor round of
> > updates and then ship it off and see if I can get it through the RFC
> > process.
>
> Would it be out of place to note in the document that RBLs allow MTAs
> to reject mail rather than discard it?

I should hope so.  Some DNSBLs are very appropriately used as rejection
criteria, depending on the opinion of the local mail administrator.

> The various RFCs documenting SMTP all emphasize the necessity of not
> losing messages,

That is a local policy decision, not a standards decision.

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