Re: Why SRS really sucks

>>>>> "Tom2" == Tom Lahti
>>>>> "Re: Re: Why SRS really sucks"
>>>>>  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:52:27 -0800

    >>
    >> >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lahti "Re: Why SRS really sucks"
    >> >>>>>  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:38:46 -0800
    >>
    Tom> Due to a long history
    >>
    >> There is also a long history establishing the absolute right of
    >> anybody to reject any mail for any reason or for no reason.

    Tom2> if one wishes to participate in a community, one must speak
    Tom2> the community's language, and the public Internet SMTP
    Tom2> community's language is RFC 2821 and RFC 2822.

Rfc2822 has nothing to do with rejecting mail.  Rfc2821 specifies how
to indicate a rejection, or in other words, defines the language for
doing so.  The vocabulary of rfc2821, if you will, includes the means
of expressing that a mail is rejected because of local policy.
Rfc2821 does not specify what that local policy may or may not
include.  A SMTP response of '550 Go away' may be anti-social but is
compliant with rfc2821.  The point is that the RFCs, and IIRC
"history", as used in this thread, do not define policy but how to
implement policy.

        jam