Qmail has an error code for transient errors and another one for perms. I personally think that it's a site config issue. If the mail MUST get through then by all means assume transient first. If you want a lower server load, assume permanent instead. The errors mentioned below I would regard as transients as they may resolve themselves shortly. SMTP errors such as "No account" etc should be permanent.
When would James retry a transmission for a failure? -- Jason -----Original Message----- From: Danny Angus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 20 August 2002 10:48 To: James Developer List Subject: RE: JAMES doesn't like Andy Oliver wrote, in the users list: > However a lot of mail I send is getting bounced with "connection time > out" "connection refused" and "no route to host". I send mail via my > ISP's SMTP and often it gets there... > Any thoughts? I've spotted this in remote delivery: //Assume it is a permanent exception, or prove ourselves otherwise boolean permanent = true; I wonder if we shouldn't assume that it is a transient error unless we can prove otherwise. I would tend to assume that the errors he reports (and others have seen) "connection time out" "connection refused" and "no route to host" would be permanent, but they might equally well be the result of heavy load on the recipient server or network problems. d. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
