Re: suggestions for altering outbound SMTP to work-around multi-CC denials

Michael Richardson <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Feb 2026 01:57:54 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.mail.nmh.devel
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Andy Bradford <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> Recently,   mail  to   recepients  at   several  domains   (gmail.com,
    >> verizon.net)  is being  refused  when multiple  receipients are  CC'ed
    >> (even when only a  small number -- 2, 3 -- of  people are CC'ed). This
    >> behavior is repeatable and consistent, not transient failures.

    > I shouldn't think that  2 or 3 recipients would ever be  a problem for a
    > Big Mailer Corp  like Gmail. What specific errors are  you getting? What
    > makes you think it's the number of recipients?

MS, has done multiple own-goals on their email infrastructure in the past two months.
Including killing deivery of a mailing list that mail admins use to tell each
other about such problems.

I'm sure that Google has multiple vibe-coded "upgrades" too.

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