On 08-Mar-2000 Kristina wrote:
>
> Thanks. I have taken a look at http://www.qmail.org/qmail-1.03-quotas-1.1.pa
> tch
> and it says the following :
>
> "The virgin code as distributed by DJB treats this as a 'temporary
> error on maildir' and leaves the message in the queue for later
> delivery retries. The modified code treats it as a permanent error
> and immediately returns the message to the sender."
>
> What is it referring to when it says "The virgin code as distributed by DJB
> "?
qmail-1.03
>
> Does it mean that by default when a users maildir gets over the system-quota
> any mail sent to the user is retried over a certain number of days and then
> sent
> back as return mail while the above patch makes qmail to send a return email
> immediately?
>
yes. the amount of time is defined in control/queuelifetime
until then qmail tries to deliver the message. if the user is (still) over
quota, qmail will try again after. when queuelifetime is reached (value in
secs) qmail tries one more time and if unsuccessfull bounces the message back
to the sender.
> Currently I am using Maildir.
>
this apply to maidir also.
> Thanks Kristina
>
>
regards,
ratao
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E-Mail: RaTao von J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 08-Mar-2000
Time: 03:37:07
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