Okay. This means I was going in the wrong direction itself. Thank you guys, for making this clear.
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Viktor Dukhovni <postfix-us...@dukhovni.org>wrote: > On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 11:37:02AM +0530, DN Singh wrote: > > > Yes, I am trying some workarounds, like rate delays, to address unusual > > traffic, and also joined their FBL for complainants. But, am still facing > > problems with some MTAs. > > Also, this only for Yahoo, there are others like hotmail, rediffmail, > aol, > > etc. Rediff being worst... > > > > The only thing that I want to know, is how do I define the time limit for > > dead destination, and stop postfix from attempting new mails during that > > time to the destination. I can't just turn off postfix, because it will > > stop completely. > > It is a mistake to stop all first delivery attempts to a destination > that is not down. You're lucky that Postfix is not doing what you > seem to want. > > If the site is greylisting, that will not help at all. If they want > your mail to arrive a slower rate, accumulating a lot of delayed mail > makes that problem worse. > > There is no scenario in which a site that accepts your mail (i.e. > has not classified you as a spammer, correctly or not) will offer > better service if all your mail delayed by a few hours, that just > time-warps the problem into the future and makes it more severe. > > -- > Viktor. >
