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From a technical standpoint something like that could work to a limited extent (enough to be helpful in some situations, when both parties are using modern, up
by aethr 15y ago
From a technical standpoint something like that could work to a limited extent (enough to be helpful in some situations, when both parties are using modern, up to date MTAs / mail clients). It still doesn't fix the error message from a bounce, it's more like a hint to the email author to say "this email might not be accepted for the following reasons: x, y and z".
Ultimately though, the inertia to implement such a thing on existing MTAs is somewhere close to the difficulty of implementing IPv6. Except the need for IPv6 is verging on dire, and not many people seem to be rushing to fix that one. How will we convince people to act with any expediency over something that is, at most, an inconvenience?
- pyre 15y ago> Except the need for IPv6 is verging on dire But we just got all of Iran's blocks back because they are removing themselves from the Internet, right?
- pbhjpbhj 15y agoThe MUA would do the work up front, query the TXT field for the rpf and tell yiu up front "I can't do that, $user wont accept attachments over 15MB". Then as the OP suggested the MUA can offer to zip, upload and link, or whatever.