Package: sauce
Version: 0.8.99.iwj.4

One of my users writes:

> A correspondent recently pointed out to me that when doing an
> address-verification callout, SAUCE treats a 550 received immediately on
> connection as a temporary failure.  As an example (linebreaks inserted for
> legibility):
> 
> 2005-08-22 08:55:04 BST: reject: command host=*****
>  from=***** cmd="RCPT To:<*****>"
>  resp="451 problematic MAIL-FROM: [*****]
>   550-The .UK registrar appears to believe postal addresses are an;
>   550-acceptable substitute for contact emails. They refuse to hand;
>   550-out contact email addresses, but will not themselves accept;
>   550-complaints for passing along.  Nor are they willing to nuke;
>   550-spammer domains under .uk.;
>   550-(*****:/mouse/misc/uk-abuse/ has full details.);
>   550 Such a domain has no place on a civilized network."
>  defer-msg="problematic MAIL-FROM: [*****]
>   550-The .UK registrar appears to believe postal addresses are an;
>   550-acceptable substitute for contact emails.  They refuse to hand;
>   550-out contact email addresses, but will not themselves accept;
>   550-complaints for passing along.  Nor are they willing to nuke;
>   550-spammer domains under .uk.;
>   550-(*****:/mouse/misc/uk-abuse/ has full details.);
>   550 Such a domain has no place on a civilized network."
>  rcpt-normal-451=***** irritated=7000ms
> 
> This is unfortunate in that a message that is obviously never going to get
> delivered ends up being deferred rather than bounced, causing unnecessary
> delay before the sender finds out what's happened and tries another means of
> contacting me.
> 
> A quick glance at SAUCE's source suggests that this isn't deliberate.  Could
> SAUCE be changed to return a permanent failure in this case, please?

Ian.



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