-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Martin A. Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Marc Perkel wrote: >> MTAs that play by the rules will only delay for a fraction of a second the >first time. In either >> case no email is lost. > >No, MTAs that "play by the rules" will delay for as long as "their >rules" suggest, long or short, and then retry on the MX next suggested >by "their rules". ... and as pointed out, more than once before, you are unable to determine what network outages or congestion that they may be encountering. So even when you fully understand "their rules" you cannot assume that a connection on the "wrong" MX is wickedness, because you may simply be unaware of their earlier failures to connect on the "right" MX. You can of course balance your penalty against the likelihood of error, "your server your rules", but of course it is also "your delay, our queues" :( - -- richard Richard Clayton They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 iQA/AwUBRt7k/JoAxkTY1oPiEQJaLwCgjT67LnpLV3Ol4ZKGc6lR7ftsGIIAn34s WGkze5S3Kst0Gs5+SRyQAx3c =hFQE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
