From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Feb 27 0:27:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from relay3-gui.server.ntli.net (relay3-gui.server.ntli.net [194.168.4.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA8F037B402 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:27:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc4-card4-0-cust162.cdf.cable.ntl.com ([80.4.14.162] helo=rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net ident=mailnull) by relay3-gui.server.ntli.net with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #2) id 16fzRK-0000fN-00 for freebsd-doc@freebsd.org; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:27:54 +0000 Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.private.submonkey.net with local (Exim 3.35 #1) id 16fzQZ-0000b3-00; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:27:07 +0000 Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:27:07 +0000 From: Ceri To: Szilveszter Adam Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [OT] Mail delivery [was: Re: Suggestions for handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL] Message-ID: <20020227082707.GA2105@rhadamanth> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri , Szilveszter Adam , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG References: <1wzo1wufz5.o1w@localhost.localdomain> <20020226222521.GA1145@fonix.adamsfamily.xx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020226222521.GA1145@fonix.adamsfamily.xx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 11:25:22PM +0100, Szilveszter Adam wrote: > > The mail server that will try to connect to hub.freebsd.org (which will > probably be your ISP's) must meet the following requirements: > Otherwise your message will be kept in limbo until the sending MTA > eventually gives up. (The error returned by hub is a Transient Failure, > although it already knows that it is not going to accept your message, > ever.) It has to be a transient failure, as network or server issues may cause hostname resolution to fail, and an MTA shouldn't return a permanent error when that happens. I'll shut up now. Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message