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Status Header Field - A Per-Recipient DSN Field

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The "Status" header field is found in delivery-status-notification emails. The message/delivery-status sub-part contains the DSN fields. The "Status" header is included in the per-recipient header fields. An example of a DSN with 2 failed recipients is shown below.
The per-recipient Status field contains a transport-independent
   status code which indicates the delivery status of the message to
   that recipient.  This field MUST be present for each delivery attempt
   which is described by a DSN.

   The syntax of the status field is:

     status-field = "Status" ":" status-code

     status-code = DIGIT "." 1*3DIGIT "." 1*3DIGIT

          ; White-space characters and comments are NOT allowed within a
          ; status-code, though a comment enclosed in parentheses MAY follow
          ; the last numeric subfield of the status-code.  Each numeric
          ; subfield within the status-code MUST be expressed without
          ; leading zero digits.

   Status codes thus consist of three numerical fields separated by ".".
   The first sub-field indicates whether the delivery attempt was
   successful (2 = success, 4 = persistent temporary failure, 5 =
   permanent failure).  The second sub-field indicates the probable
   source of any delivery anomalies, and the third sub-field denotes a
   precise error condition, if known.

Status Codes:

8.   Appendix - Collected Status Codes

       X.1.0     Other address status
       X.1.1     Bad destination mailbox address
       X.1.2     Bad destination system address
       X.1.3     Bad destination mailbox address syntax
       X.1.4     Destination mailbox address ambiguous
       X.1.5     Destination mailbox address valid
       X.1.6     Mailbox has moved
       X.1.7     Bad sender's mailbox address syntax
       X.1.8     Bad sender's system address

       X.2.0     Other or undefined mailbox status
       X.2.1     Mailbox disabled, not accepting messages
       X.2.2     Mailbox full
       X.2.3     Message length exceeds administrative limit.
       X.2.4     Mailing list expansion problem

       X.3.0     Other or undefined mail system status
       X.3.1     Mail system full
       X.3.2     System not accepting network messages
       X.3.3     System not capable of selected features
       X.3.4     Message too big for system

       X.4.0     Other or undefined network or routing status
       X.4.1     No answer from host
       X.4.2     Bad connection
       X.4.3     Routing server failure
       X.4.4     Unable to route
       X.4.5     Network congestion
       X.4.6     Routing loop detected
       X.4.7     Delivery time expired

       X.5.0     Other or undefined protocol status
       X.5.1     Invalid command
       X.5.2     Syntax error
       X.5.3     Too many recipients
       X.5.4     Invalid command arguments
       X.5.5     Wrong protocol version

       X.6.0     Other or undefined media error
       X.6.1     Media not supported
       X.6.2     Conversion required and prohibited
       X.6.3     Conversion required but not supported
       X.6.4     Conversion with loss performed
       X.6.5     Conversion failed

       X.7.0     Other or undefined security status
       X.7.1     Delivery not authorized, message refused
       X.7.2     Mailing list expansion prohibited
       X.7.3     Security conversion required but not possible
       X.7.4     Security features not supported
       X.7.5     Cryptographic failure
       X.7.6     Cryptographic algorithm not supported
       X.7.7     Message integrity failure
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From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <mailer-daemon@comcast.net>
Subject: Returned mail: delivery problems encountered
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Date: 13 Sep 2006 23:28:52 +0000
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Content-Type: text/plain

A message (from <support@chilkatsoft.com>) was received at 13 Sep 2006 23:28:50 +0000.

The following addresses had delivery problems:

<ajsfdlkjasdglkjadsg@tagtooga.com>
	Permanent Failure: 550_Requested_action_not_taken:_mailbox_unavailable_or_not_local
	Delivery last attempted at Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:28:51 -0000

<asgfafdsga8fgsfdgk@tagtooga.com>
	Permanent Failure: 550_Requested_action_not_taken:_mailbox_unavailable_or_not_local
	Delivery last attempted at Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:28:51 -0000

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Content-Type: message/delivery-status

Reporting-MTA: dns; comcast.net
Arrival-Date: 13 Sep 2006 23:28:50 +0000

Final-Recipient: rfc822; <ajsfdlkjasdglkjadsg@tagtooga.com>
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0 550_Requested_action_not_taken:_mailbox_unavailable_or_not_local
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; Permanent Failure: Other undefined Status
Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:28:51 -0000

Final-Recipient: rfc822; <asgfafdsga8fgsfdgk@tagtooga.com>
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0 550_Requested_action_not_taken:_mailbox_unavailable_or_not_local
Diagnostic-Code: smtp; Permanent Failure: Other undefined Status
Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:28:51 -0000

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To: ajsfdlkjasdglkjadsg@tagtooga.com,asgfafdsga8fgsfdgk@tagtooga.com
From: Chilkat Software <support@chilkatsoft.com>
Subject: test
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	test


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