On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 16:38:34 -0500 imail said something about Re: [IMail Forum] Problems with SMTP retry settings:
> Could someone simply try this on their server - just send an email to an > invalid email address on a valid server and time how long it takes to > come back. Look at the time and see how long it takes on your server. > It's driving me batty - I think I've tried everything! Is it possible > that an ETRN against the server invokes queue processing? > > Cheers, > Lee If someone tries that way it should come back IMMEDIATELY with a 550 Unknown User error. No retries at all. Only way to test is to send a test message to a mail server that you know will issue TEMPFAIL (4xx) series errors for some reason so your server will continue to try up to the max time/number. -- Gerald V. Livingston II Configure your Email to send TEXT ONLY -- See the following page: http://expita.com/nomime.html 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/
