That's what delay warnings are for. On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:55, Micheal Espinola Jr <michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've seen 72 hours, but I always change mine down to 24, with warnings > kicking off within an hour. I want myself and my users to know about > communications problems in a much more timely fashion. > > -- > ME2 > > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:54 AM, James Kerr <cluster...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I always thought that it was 72 hours and that because our server came >> online before the 72 hours had expired, I was expecting a bunch of mail to >> flow but I was wrong. Times have changed I've discovered. >> >> Well, more reason for facilities to get the backup AC system working as a >> backup AC. Having it run of the same cooling tower as all the other air >> handlers hardly seems like a great idea considering most of the reasons the >> AC has been broke recently has got something to do with the tower. >> >> James >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Gurtz" <jasongu...@npumail.com> >> To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" <exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> >> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 1:06 PM >> Subject: RE: Delivery Attempt Standard >> >> >>> 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 >> >> >> --- >> 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
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