On Mon, 13 May 2013 13:48:00 -0400, Rich Greenberg said:

> } LISTSERV automatically handles things that come in the RFC-standard
> } Delivery Status Notification (DSN) format.  Generally, a 'mailbox
> } full' error will have a 4.x.x status code, and so is treated as a
> } temporary error.

> > Hi. This is the qmail-send program at sssnet.com.

Whoever maintains qmail doesn't understand the RFCs.

Which is a shame, because the RFCs are *ancient*:

1891 SMTP Service Extension for Delivery Status Notifications. K.
     Moore. January 1996. (Format: TXT=65192 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC3461)
     (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

1892 The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of Mail
     System Administrative Messages. G. Vaudreuil. January 1996. (Format:
     TXT=7800 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC3462) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)

1893 Enhanced Mail System Status Codes. G. Vaudreuil. January 1996.
     (Format: TXT=28218 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC3463) (Status: PROPOSED
     STANDARD)

3461 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Service Extension for
     Delivery Status Notifications (DSNs). K. Moore. January 2003.
     (Format: TXT=76076 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1891) (Updated by RFC3798,
     RFC3885, RFC5337, RFC6533) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD)

3462 The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of Mail
     System Administrative Messages. G. Vaudreuil. January 2003. (Format:
     TXT=12186 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1892) (Obsoleted by RFC6522) (Updated
     by RFC5337) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD)

3463 Enhanced Mail System Status Codes. G. Vaudreuil. January 2003.
     (Format: TXT=31832 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1893) (Updated by RFC3886,
     RFC4468, RFC4865, RFC4954, RFC5248) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD)

3464 An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status Notifications.
     K. Moore, G. Vaudreuil. January 2003. (Format: TXT=83060 bytes)
     (Obsoletes RFC1894) (Updated by RFC4865, RFC5337, RFC6533) (Status:
     DRAFT STANDARD)

That's like a decade ago.  There's no real excuse.

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