But what type of failure did it get in the end? Check the logs. If it was not told to try later, then it will stop trying. If it was given a "try me later response", then it may have kept going.
Travis > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of imail > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 12:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Problems with SMTP retry settings > > > Yes, except that it's not working that way. Here's evidence: > > Bounce contents: > Delivery failed 240 attempts: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Original message follows. > Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 06:05:53 -0500 > > This bounce was received at: > Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:56:48 -0500 > > As you can see - the elapsed time was barely 8 hours, despite > the 240/60 setting. > > Lee > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Klinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 1:11 PM > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Problems with SMTP retry settings > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, we have iMail version 8.05. Our settings for iMail > SMTP Retry > > > are as > > > follows: > > > > > > Number of retries before returning to sender: 240 > > > Amount of time (in minutes) between retries: 60 > > > > > > > > > This will put your total days to > > > > 240 * 60 = 14400 > > > > 14400 / 60 = 240 > > > > 240 hours / 24 hours per day would be 10 days.. No? > > > > The default Imail is like this > > Well times to retry before bounce: 20 > > If the retry timer is set at 30 min. > > > > 20 * 30 = 600 > > > > 600 min / 60 = 10 > > > > This would be a total of 10 hours. > > > > For 3 days there example is like this: > > > > If the retry timer is set to 30 min and you want to > > Attempt delivery for upto 3 days then > > The number of retries befor bounce should be 144 > > > > 144 * 30 = 4320 > > > > 4320 / 60 = 72 hours > > > > 72 hours / 24 hours a day = 3 days > > > > Also.. The number of minutes is limited from 10 min to 120 min max. > > > > ~Rick > > > > > > > > > Theoretically this should retry 240 times, 60 minutes > apart before a > > > bounce is generated. In reality the time is more like 240 minutes > > > (3-4 hours). It actually doesn't matter what the amount > of time in > > > minutes between retries is set to, which is why we've set > the retry > > > to 240 times. > > > > > > We'd like to get this to a more reasonable timeframe that allows > > > retries to occur for a day or so and then phhht. The > reason is that > > > we also route some ETRN traffic through this SMTP and it bounces > > > messages if the target Exchange server is down for more than a > > > couple of hours. During the Northeast blackout for instance > > > hundreds of messages were bounced - even though our server was up > > > the entire time. The problem occurs with both normal outgoing > > > emails, and ETRN mails so it's not related to the fact it's being > > > used for ETRN. > > > > > > Is there some setting that's causing iMail to ignore these retry > > > settings? Am I missing something obvious? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Lee > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%> 40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: > http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
