Depends on the mail server. For Exchange, it's 48 hours. For sendmail, it used to be 72 hours. Can't speak to any others.
Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 8:49 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Delivery Attempt Standard For some reason 24 hours is sticking in my mind... I can't seem to find documentation to that right now, though. On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:41 AM, James Kerr <cluster...@gmail.com<mailto:cluster...@gmail.com>> wrote: Quick question.. Does anyone know if there is a standard amount of time that a mail server is usually set to keep retrying to deliver email in the event the destenation server is not responding? Our exchange box was down over the weekend from Friday evening until now, due to enviromental issues [1] and we seem to be missing a lot of mail that I was kind of expecting to start coming in this morning. James [1] Our AC system is a piece of crap. --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
