Julian Kippels:
> Hi,
>
> I was just wondering why my postfix was continuing to try to deliver a
> mail to another server after getting a 554 response the first time.
> Shouldn't the delivery stop right then and there and the sender be
> notified? Instead postfix tried for several days to deliver the message
> before it ultimately failed and notified the sender.
> soft_bounce is set to "no" if that has anything to do with it.
It depends on when the 554 is received: connect, helo, etc.. But
you did not give that information. 554 in reply to RCPT TO means
a different thing than 554 at connect time.
Wietse
