Jerry Amundson wrote: >On Wed December 14 2005 09:35, Daniel Higgins wrote: > > >>in recent versions of courier, there is a "backscatter blacklist" for >>local addresses with delivery errors. unfortunately, that feature >>also bring in a deadlock in some conditions. >> >>consider this scenario: >>local user1 has a 10 megs quota >>someone send this user a 12 megs email, it gets accepted in the queue >>for whatever reason, then delivered later >>the account for user1 is now deadlocked until the 12 megs emai >> >> >No, it isn't, because the thoughtful, proactive sys. admin. has stopped >delivery of individual messages even close to the size of user quota. > > > > >Do you change your cars tires when the gas gauge is on "E"? ;-) > >
thank you for that insightful bit of sysadmin knowledge jerry, now does someone who run a real mail server (you know, one with more than 10 emails a day) have any solution? -- Daniel Higgins Netcommunications Inc. Administrateur Systèmes et Réseaux / Networks and Systems Administrator Tel: 450-346-3401 Fax: 450-346-3587 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netc.net
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