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From: "Tac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [iMS] PostFail versus ReportPostStatus
> Howie,
>
> If 'failto=' is set, a failure message will always be sent if the failure is
> permanent, right?
Unless the value is "NULL" or "<>"
> So ReportPostStatus is always called (if set), and a copy
> of the transcript is sent to the failto address. Under what conditions is
> PostFail called? Isn't that called when a temporary failure happens after
> trying several times? In which case, would the message also be sent to
> failto?
>
the postfail template is only used when you want to create custom error
messages...otherwise, iMS sends a canned email.
> I'm getting ready to rewrite the error handling, and want to make sure I've
> covered everything properly. Like Jose, I've seen cases where valid email
> addresses get reported as failures, but am not sure which routine (failto,
> ReportPostStatus, or PostFail) is the failure point.
>
Some email servers are broken in that they reply with a 5xx code (which usually
signifies a permanent failure) when the failure is
really temporary. I feel that any time that you get a permanent failure in the
reportpoststaus that, instead of removing the
account, that you increment some failure counter and when that reaches a certain
number then you disable the account.
Regards,
Howie
> Thx,
>
> Tac
>
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