From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 24 01:37:40 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id BAA07591 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Nov 1995 01:37:40 -0800 Received: from strider.ibenet.it (root@strider.ibenet.it [194.179.130.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id BAA07571 for ; Fri, 24 Nov 1995 01:37:18 -0800 Received: (from piero@localhost) by strider.ibenet.it (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA05102; Fri, 24 Nov 1995 10:31:41 +0100 From: Piero Serini Message-Id: <199511240931.KAA05102@strider.ibenet.it> Subject: Re: holding mail for delayed delivery?? To: scrappy@hub.org (Marc G. Fournier) Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 10:31:40 +0100 (MET) Cc: piero@strider.ibenet.it, maral@webnet.com.au, rpt@miles.sso.loral.com, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Marc G. Fournier" at Nov 24, 95 01:58:04 am Reply-To: piero@Strider.IBENet.IT@winnet.net Operating-System: FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 X-Phone-Number: +39 (2) 58113562 X-NCC-RegID: it.ibenet X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1170 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hello. Quoting from Marc G. Fournier (Fri Nov 24 07:58:04 1995): > > > > What do I have to do to the sendmail.cf on the permanent machine so > > > > that it will hold my mail until I link in next time, as opposed to > > > > bouncing it back to the sender as undeliverable? ... > > > Its got nothing to do with sendmail, it has to do with DNS and MX records. > > > Speak to your service provider. > > > > It's partially incorrect. Actually, there is a variable to > > set up in sendmail.cf to specify the amount of time sendmail ... > For most implementations of sendmail (ie. default .cf file), its > set for something like 5d/4h...and if your MX records are not set up > correctly, this variable means nothing, the mail will bounce anyway. ... I know. I just said it's "partially incorrect", referencing the words "Its got nothing to do with sendmail" quoted hereabove, as I think it has "something" to do with sendmail also. That's it. Bye, -- # $Id: .signature,v 1.12 1995/08/14 12:10:54 piero Exp $ Piero Serini Via Giambologna, 1 I 20136 Milano - ITALY