On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 [log in to unmask] wrote: + Given that Hotmail usually reports *other* 5xx errors with a fairly good + explanatory text like "over quota" or "deactivated user" and so on, the + current spate of '5xx Transaction Failed' sounds like plain crack-induced + bogosity - especially in conjunction with all the connection reset and + refused errors I'm seeing. Or as found through Google at http://www.freelists.org/archives/freelists-users/09-2002/msg00016.html " The "transaction failed" message is apparently a "we're too busy to accept your message at the moment," which is fine, but they should fail with a 4xx message, for example the 450 "mailbox unavailable." Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, has decided to not follow RFC here and is instead sending a 554, causing mail to bounce permanently. " As always with things found on the web, no idea about the validity of this statement. -- Xander