Admins Accuse Microsoft of Hotmail Cap

kurmudgeon writes "The Register is fielding reader tips that Hotmail has placed Draconian limits on the number of Hotmail recipients who can receive an email. The first 10 Hotmail addresses included in a mass email go through just fine, according to these reports. But any additional addresses are returned to sender with a message that reads: "552 Too many recipients." (Microsoft denies it has placed any such restriction on the number of senders.) This would appear to be a violation of RFC 2821, which states: "Rejection of messages (for excessive recipients) with fewer than 100 RCPT commands is a violation of this specification."

Comments

Re:What is this RFC of which you speak?

[zeromorph]

Yes they can, but they think it means Redmond's Frickin' own Canon. And in that 552 reads:

"Do whatever you think suits your interests best. Ah, and standards are for softies."

And as far as I can see they implemented their RFC coherently in every single product, not only hotmail.

Excellent!

[flyingfsck]

If this makes it more difficult for idiot spammers to send idiot spam, then I cannot really say anything against it.