> now, the mail.meyersbros.com server is the one that seems to be down,
> and the one that q-mail's trying to send to.. but since it's
> failing to send to that server, shouldn't it automatically try one of
> the others instead?? I connected to both of the others with telnet,
> and they seem to be fine.. so, why has my message been sitting in my
> queue all day?
This was discussed in detail under the subject "When will qmail back
off to the next MX" between 9/15/99 and 9/28/99. In summary, a dropped
connection is NOT interpreted as a machine down, so qmail never backs off.
The problem may be caused by a combination of a proxying firewall on your
end (like Raptor) and a firewalled primary MX on the other end, in which
case you can fix the problem by modifying your firewall not to proxy
outgoing SMTP.
Go to the archives, read the thread, and let us know if that doesn't
answer things for you. But the main answer to your question is, "No, it
doesn't back off in that case, and arguably shouldn't."
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gowen -- Greg Owen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
