We recently converted our sendmail box to qmail.  I've noticed that our
queue is now typically 2 to 3 times larger than it was with sendmail.  I
believe much of that is related to using vpopmail, which doesn't bounce
the message until it has been accepted by the smtpd daemon.  This, of
course, means the message is now stuck in the queue attempting to bounce
back to some spammer's non-existent address.

However, there also seems to be quite a few more messages deferred to
remote hosts that are having problems (failed SMTP, failed after
delivery, etc.).  I realize these are not qmail issues, but I'm curious
why I didn't see this many messages building up under sendmail.  Does
qmail have different criteria for which messages it continues to try?

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Beuchler                                         [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hostmaster/Postmaster                                 (612)-321-9290 x101
Bitstream Underground                                   www.bitstream.net

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