Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 10:31:40 +0100 (MET) From: Piero Serini <piero@strider.ibenet.it> To: scrappy@hub.org (Marc G. Fournier) Cc: piero@strider.ibenet.it, maral@webnet.com.au, rpt@miles.sso.loral.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: holding mail for delayed delivery?? Message-ID: <199511240931.KAA05102@strider.ibenet.it> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951124015251.375A-100000@hub.org> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Nov 24, 95 01:58:04 am
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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 <Piero@Free.IT> I 20136 Milano - ITALY
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