On Thu, November 10, 2005 11:43 am, Mark Wheeler said: > Hi Brian, > > Yes, I did that, but mail is still not going through. > > Does anyone know what happens to the mail when it is "doesn't go > through"?
In theory it should keep trying until the timeout period expires, which is normally set for around 3 days on SMTP servers. After that, an error should be bounced back saying it didn't go through. Some servers will send a message earlier (commonly at the end of 12/24 hours), confirming that they are still trying. That assumes everyone is playing nice. If someone is blocking selected SMTP connections, they are already not playing nice. They could fake an acceptance and just drop the message, or do something else... And, this assumes you've actually got it to the SMTP transport on your end. ;) Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
