----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003
18:42
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Sending
Through Gateway Host
Any attempt to send the mail is a try. If
it connects and fails, that is counted as a try.
I run my home server off a IP which has the same
problems; some servers will not allow it to connect since its a residential
IP. I set the number of tries before gateway to one. This way, it
will try to send it once and if it fails will hand it off to the
gateway.
Tripp
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 6:36
PM
Subject: [IMail Forum] Sending Through
Gateway Host
Just curious about something when setting the
number of try's before sending through a gateway host...
What exactly is a try? Is it when IMail
cannot contact the receiving mail server at all (DNS timeout, receiving
server down, etc.)?
Reason I ask is that at home I have a cable
connection with dynamic IP. Some providers such as Earthlink will not
accept email for their users if it originates from a server on a dynamically
assigned circuit. I also have had problems with AOL and Compuserve
users. Earthlink bounces the message with an explanation that they
don't accept mail from servers with dynamic IP addresses. AOL and
Compuserve are not so informative. They generally bounce the message
simply saying the recipient is invalid.
So if my thinking is correct, IMail doesn't see
the Earthlink/AOL/Compuserve bounce as a failed 'try', but rather thinks the
message went through because it did connect and send the message to
something. Am I thinking clearly here?
Obviously, I just set it to always send through
the gateway host to get around this, but just wondering about the
mechanics of IMail.
