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Originally Posted by mnw21cam
Except that it is wrong. It lies to you.
The server has actually accepted the message, and will try to deliver it while telling the client that it hasn't. Of course, the client will try again later, which will result in the message being delivered multiple times.
This is a violation of RFC 2821, and should be beneath even NTL.
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I hardly think NTL wrote the e-mail software they run - and I also doubt they are the only people in the world to run said software. If such a problem was occuring it would be the responsibility of the software vendor.