On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 01:51:24PM -0000, Petr Novotny mentioned:
> On 19 Nov 99, at 8:48, Pieckiel, Kevin A wrote:
> > Example:
> > Message sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is undeliverable because the mail server
> > at domain1.com is refusing connections (maybe down for maintenance?).
> > This message should remain queued for the duration of seven days until 1)
> > it is deliverable or 2) time runs out and a permanent error is returned.
> > Message sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is seen as a non-existent domain and
> > is immediately returned with a permanent error message.
> That's exactly what qmail does!
>
> On the other hand, if you get a temporary error from your DNS
> asking for non-domain.blah, qmail will keep the message and try
> again.
However, if the host qmail trys to deliver it says "I can't resolve the
DNS name of the host this came from", qmail considers this a transient
error too, and doesn't bounce the mail. Bad form. Can this be fixed ?
Kate
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