[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Eric Cox wrote:
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> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > If you only go to an hour granularity and assume a queuelifetime of no
> > > more than seven days, then you only need 168 instances. I was kinda thinking
> > > of something a little more elegant than that...
> >
> > How about using Netscape's X-Priority header to set the queue lifetime
> > according to the admin's wishes. Set 5 different queue lifetimes
> > according to based on the 5 settings of the X-Priority header. This
> > could be accomplished with Ian's patch, and some preprocessing before
> > qmail-inject.
>
> qmail-send doesn't read the contents of the mesdsage,
Yep, hence the "preprocessing".
> Considering the case of 'this mail message is no longer of use unless
> delivered to the recipient BY time X'. On a qmail system we only have
> control of the retry schedule on suystems which we control:
Agreed - no system is perfect. I was just pointing out that some of the
MUAs had already come halfway, and with some scripting and Ian's patch,
one might be able to meet them in the middle. Personally I don't have any
use for this functionality, but thought I'd throw it into the mix...
Eric
