In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running some mailing lists using qmail+ezmlm-idx. Sometimes, I
> get something like this in the logs:
>
> Jun 28 08:22:56 bl qmail: 993730976.165287 delivery 859660: deferral:
>Connected_to_64.94.200.235_but_connection_died._Possible_duplicate!_(#4.4.2)/
>
> I understand that this is the result of the remote mail server failing
> to give a final confirmation that the message was received successfully,
> so qmail re-queues the message for future delivery.
>
> Is there any way to make qmail less conscientious about re-delivery?
> That is, where qmail normally reports the ...Possible_duplicate! error,
> I'd like it to assume that it has been delivered and cease future
> attempts.
>
> In most cases, the message has in fact been delivered, and since this
> is mailing list email, it's (arguably) less critical (there are archives).
My advice is to ignore it. Better to have qmail work reliably than not.
It will be causing the recipient much more pain than you - so let them
fix their end. If you really want to stop them, write a logfile processor
looking for them (its not difficult), send em a warning email and
unsubscribe them from the list.
Paul.
