On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 08:16:51PM +0100, EASY
[email protected] wrote:
> But it still does *not* mean there is anyone in the office to answer any
> legitimate mail - come back later when we are open. It's simple enough.
That has nothing to do with MTAs. MTAs accept and deliver mail. They
don't answer it.
> The world and time zones are the same as they always have been. If
> someone in Australia calls a business number in the UK during the middle
> of the night will they get to speak to a person? No. Has this changed
> since the internet? No.
Email is not an IM protocol. Store and forward delivery.
> If they send a fax will it get answered? No.
Postfix does not "answer" mail, it delivers it. The fax will get
delivered, unless you also turn off your fax machines at night.
> What makes email any different?
Email is not an IM protocol, it---like postal mail, ...---arrives
even when the recipient is out doing something else. Forcing retries
onto the infrastructure as a routine operating mode is a bad idea.
--
Viktor.
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