[Mailman-Developers] MM3: list disabling/enabling?

[Patrick Ben Koetter]

* Barry Warsaw <barry at list.org>:
> On Jul 12, 2011, at 01:06 PM, Ian Eiloart wrote:
> 
> >Bouncing certainly is suboptimal, since it may create collateral spam. Better
> >to reject the message at SMTP time with a 5xx response than to bounce.
> 
> That's an interesting take on it.  The LMTP server in Mailman could reject
> messages addressed to disabled lists, and that 5xx error should propagate
> through the MTA.

Is disabling a list a temporary measure? If it is, should the server reply a
temporary error?

      421 <domain> Service not available, closing transmission channel
         (This may be a reply to any command if the service knows it
         must shut down)
      450 Requested mail action not taken: mailbox unavailable
         (e.g., mailbox busy)

Or is it permanent?

      550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable
         (e.g., mailbox not found, no access, or command rejected
         for policy reasons)

p at rick

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