On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Anth Courtney wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Matt Hyne wrote:
>
> > There seems to be two camps here - those that do not believe that they
> > are needed (and thus don't provide them) and those that believe that
> > they are a mandatory part of a redundant mail system.
> >
> > I am sitting on the fence (I can see some merits to both sides of the
> > argument)
>
> Out of interest, I'd be interested in hearing some of the arguments for
> why they're not needed - personally, I wouldn't live without one.
In the event that a remote mail server is not immediately contactable,
mail generally just stays on the queue at the sender's end for up to a few
days until it can be delivered. So If your mail server is offline for a
while then mail's going to get through when your server is back on line
unless you're out of action for several days.
Andrew
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