On 1/13/07, Evan Klitzke <eklitzke.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How resistant are most MTAs to this kind of failure? In other words, how realistic is it to expect that someone else's MTA trying to deliver mail to mine will hold it in its mail queue and retry sending long enough for it to get through? Will this actually happen, or would a typical MTA just drop the message from its mail queue if the domain wasn't reachable (or not accepting connections on port 25)? I am hoping some veteran sysadmins on the list will have enough experience to know what to expect.
MTAs queue up mail that they cannot immediately deliver. It happens all the time, you just don't see it. How long will a remote mail server queue mail for you before giving up? That depends on the values set by the sysadmin at that site. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis, MCP, GCWN http://www.linuxwiz.net/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
