It's a combined limit based on the mail server. It may be that there's a different limit based on DNS lookups or the like. I know that the server will cache messages (hundreds and hundreds) on certain errors like MX problems but I don't have a specific list of what causes which response.
At 06:26 AM 5/20/02, you wrote: >I completely understand the reasoning for the auto-drop... teh funny thing >in my case is that our problem has not been with the mail server, rather our >DNS server is giving us fits. Our NetAdmin was working on getting a Linux >box set up to run as DNS since ours has been up and down like a yo-yo over >the last couple of weeks. > >Oh, and to ask, is that limit for all the lists combined or for each list? >Also, does it count warning message (host could not be reached, will >continute trying for a week) or just Host not found and user not found. In >my distinct case I think there would still be the "host not found" since >it's a DNS problem. > >Thanks again for everything! >Hatton > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 12:20 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Getting UnSubscribed > > >30 > >> > The actual answer is that if your mail server starts bouncing >> > messages back to the HoF server, the HoF server pelts you >> > with muffins and kicks you off. It's an automatic thing to >> > avoid the server going down due to a flurry of bad emails. >> >> Out of curiousness, how many bounces? >> >> Philip Arnold >> Technical Director >> Certified ColdFusion Developer >> ASP Multimedia Limited >> Switchboard: +44 (0)20 8680 8099 >> Fax: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 >> >> www.aspmedia.co.uk >> www.aspevents.net >> >> An ISO9001 registered company. >> >> ********************************************************************** >> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and >> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they >> are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify >> the system manager. >> ********************************************************************** >> >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
