Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:12:43 -0500 From: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: pete <bsdpete@thechristies.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MTA advice ?? Message-ID: <E1452675-58C1-4450-8AFC-868767C6E7E4@goldmark.org> In-Reply-To: <48B24804.9080807@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20080824140625.txre8xer6s0ggwww@webmail.secureserverdot.com> <60071053-118B-47FD-A988-40A18A88D576@goldmark.org> <48B24804.9080807@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Aug 25, 2008, at 12:49 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > >> In the old days, if one MTA couldn't reach another it would hold >> stuff in its queue for four or five days. Now, most MTAs appear to >> be configured to give up after 24 hours. > > In which case those mail systems are not in compliance with the RFCs. > RFC 2821 Section 4.5.4.1 says: > > Retries continue until the message is transmitted or the sender gives > up; the give-up time generally needs to be at least 4-5 days. The > parameters to the retry algorithm MUST be configurable. Thanks for that. I will point that out to the appropriate postmasters the next time I see delivery attempts give up before this. Not that it will do much good, but I will try. I wonder whether rfc-ignorant.org has a category for this. Hold on ... Nope. They don't have this category of (2)821 violation. The original poster may wish to take a look at rfc-ignorant.org to make sure that they feel confident that they can run an Internet- friendly mailserver. Cheers, -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/
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