Yep, I thought it could be either, but I wasn't
100% sure.
Thanks,
Rick
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From: "Petr Novotny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rick McMillin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: Mail queues and how they work
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> On 25 Jan 00, at 13:19, Rick McMillin wrote:
> > To be more specific, let's say I implement quotas on my mail
> > server. If someone who is not a customer of mine (an AOL user
> > for example) tries to send one of my customers an email
> > and that customer of mine has reached their quota limit, who's
> > queue will that message go to? Always the sender's? Always
> > mine? Or even sometimes mine and sometimes the sender's depending
> > upon the situation?
>
> Depends on implementation:
>
> 1. If your server replies "500 user over quota" as soon as it sees
> RCPT TO, it would be bounced from the sender's machine (ie. it
> won't hog your line at all). qmail never does that.
> 2. If your server replies "400 user over quota" as soon as it sees
> RCPT TO, it would be kept on the sender's machine until youn
> accept it, or until it expires. qmail never does that either.
> 3. If you accept the message first (as happens with qmail) and then
> check for quota, it's your expense. You have three possibilities:
> a. Return hard error from quota check. (You need special .qmail
> action, or patch to qmail-local.) Then the message is bounced
> back immediately.
> b. Return temporary error from quota check. The message is being
> kept in your queue until the user cleans the mailbox, or the
> message expires and is bounced back.
> c. Make special delivery for mail over quota (to some special
> disk/computer) and inform user "you have received mail over your
> quota; if you want to see it, clean your mailbox and pay us $5 for
> loading it from a backup server into your mailbox" or such.
>
>
> Clear? Hope it helps...
>
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