Darrell L. wrote: > In the log file I noticed on some of the connections with remote mail > servers I either get a line that says > > SMTP (556) 250 10.0.221.52: Message accepted for delivery > SMTP (1364) 250 Ok: queued as BC2BD15458D > > What is the difference between these two lines?
No difference, the 250 reply code is the important part. > Is it just how some servers report that the message is being accepted? You got it. A 250 reply means the remote server did what you asked it to do. See RFC 2821 for the gory details, in essence a 2## reply code is a positive completion reply. > Exactly what does it mean when it says "queued" is it queued at > the remote mail server because it is busy? Not necessarily busy, a 250 after sending the DATA (i.e. the actual email) means that the remote server has accepted responsibility for delivering the message or returning notification that it couldn't. > Are the 250 codes always status messages back to the sending mail > server? Yes. If you're interested see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The avalanche has already started, it is too Rod Dorman late for the pebbles to vote." � Ambassador Kosh To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
