> > If for whatever reason iMail cannot connect to the odbc external database, > > i.e. the database server crashes, all messages are bounced as user unknown. > > Is there a way to configure iMail to just appear offline with it cannot > > connect to the database, rather than bounce messages as user unknown? If > > there isn't, I'd like to request the functionality. > >Let me say that I think this is a great idea (4xx is a more >appropriate code for an app-level problem), and yet...
RFC 821 450 Requested mail action not taken: mailbox unavailable [E.g., mailbox busy] 550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable [E.g., mailbox not found, no access] Certainly, Imail failing to access an external database when receiving a msg should return a 4xx (transient failure, try again to deliver the msg later), and not 5xx (fatal, don't ever try to deliver the msg here again). Len http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND for NT4 & W2K http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
