On Monday 19 August 2002 10:47 am, you wrote: > et wrote: > > I have even found that Kmail will hold my outgoing mail for some long > > time if my connection to the internet is busy, for example, I now have 3 > > mails in my outbox waiting (and telling me no host to be found) while I > > download beta3 iso1. since it's dialup, it take a cople of days to get an > > ISO, so unless I stop the download and let the mail go, it might take all > > day b4 they get sent. > > I'm curious -- are you using a local email server (like postfix) or is > kmail configured to send mail direct to your isp (via smtp). IIUC, a > way to tell is to check your kmail configuration -- is it set to use > smtp to your ISP? > > (Reason I ask is that I know postfix (and most other email servers) will > hold mail for an "exponential delay" after a failed attempt to send. > But, I guess the email would be gone from your outbox in any case -- it > might just come back in 5 days and say "failed to deliver after 5 days" > (approximately).) > > Randy Kramer I use the ISP mail server and just straight to kmail, it sends it6 when thye dialup ain't so busy.
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