>>>>> "SMITH" == SMITH GARETH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SMITH> Hi there, I'm interested if there are any notes regarding this SMITH> talk. Peter mentioned a few websites on the night regarding SMITH> more information but I cannot remember them, can anyone help? My notes are supposed to be going up on the SLUG website RSN. SMITH> I know he mentioned 2 RFCs, I found 1 RFC2821 but I cannot SMITH> remember the other. RFC2822 -- it describes the forma of the MEMO header fields. SMITH> The problem I'm having at the moment is that I'm sending emails SMITH> through mail.bigpond.com and mail may take a few days to get a SMITH> bounce back or get through. This is causing a few issues. I SMITH> know that SMTP is not a protocal that gaurentees mail delivery SMITH> in a spacific time but I'm just trying to reduce the time. There are two places that the delay could be happening; at bigpond's outgoing SMTP server, or at the recipient's mail server. Maybe it's greylisting emails from Bigpond, I don't know. SMITH> Does anyone know of any good mail relays for sending emails SMITH> more quickly. It depends. I believe you can use gmail's SMTP server if you're sending from a gmail address. But if the delay's at the recipient's machine, it won't help. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
