As others have noted it varies widely, but remote sites will usually try to deliver for at least a day or two before giving up. W/o looking I'm pretty confident at least one RFC recommends 3 days as reasonable but it's definitely not adhered to in all cases. If you feel/know there is some mail that is expected from biz partners etc..., research the etrn command. You could telnet to the remote site and try that command against the server so they retry delivery to you.
~JasonG > -----Original Message----- > From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 08:41 > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Delivery Attempt Standard > > 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 > 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
